The Red House River Road Taplow Buckinghamshire SL6 0BG Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/06586/KA - Works to trees in Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Push back the lower branches by around 1 meter 1 x Atlas Cedar (T6) so that the branches are away from the driveway and in line with the start of the lawn and reduction by around 3m in height (final height of 18 meters) and also to bring in the sides by around 2 meters of a group of trees of Heaven (T7) Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
around 31 Jul 2026
✓
Consultation
17 Aug 2026
✓
Approved
7 Sept 2026

Approved on 7 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Site constraints 10

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
Read the government guidance ↗
Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Taplow Riverside conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 1282 m away: M4 Junctions 3 to 12 Smart Motorway; Radon affected area, class 2; 1 listed building within 150 m; Inside the Maidenhead built-up area; Flood defence 34 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 65 year flood); Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £1,450,000 in September 1999. Detached house, freehold.

15 September 1999£1,450,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area486 m² (5,231 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (49 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyDetached house, 12 habitable rooms
Built1900 to 1929
HeatingBoiler and underfloor heating, mains gas, Boiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 2019, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

Work with planning data?

Every application in Buckinghamshire - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Postcode
SL6 0BG
Received
around 31 Jul 2026
Validated
31 Jul 2026
Ward
Burnham
Parish
Taplow Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Sept 2026
Decision
TPO shall not be made
Decision date
7 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
The Treeple Arborists Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 38 days from validation, 4 days faster than Buckinghamshire's median of 42 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 91% of tree and landscaping works here are.

81%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
931decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Buckinghamshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Buckinghamshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 25 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
17 Aug 2026
Comments by
7 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
11 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
Buckinghamshire
Planning Authority Score
1.3/10
Poor
#284 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Buckinghamshire is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #280 out of 296. 55% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (86%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Buckinghamshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #217 of 296
86%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #241 of 296
34%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #280 of 296
55%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #248 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
491 decided (1-9 homes)
82%
Major dwellings approved
71 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
131 decided
4,446
Total decisions
690 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.