Planning application
Deva Cottage South Side Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire SL9 8NQ
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1 Western red cedar - reduce height to previous pruning points by removing 2-3m, reduce spread towards house, over drive and road by 1-1.5m, raise lower branches over road to around 3.5m, G2 conifer - remove. (Conservation Area: Firs Estate, Chalfont St. Peters)
As published by the council, reference PL/25/2256/KA
Application record
- Reference
- PL/25/2256/KA
- Type
- Works to trees in Conservation Area
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: TPO shall not be made
- Received
- 17 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 17 Jul 2025
- Decided
- 26 Aug 2025
- Ward
- Gerrards Cross and Denham
- Parish
- Chalfont St Peter
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SL9 8NQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Buckinghamshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
-
PL/26/05363/KA Awaiting decision
Deva Cottage South Side Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire SL9 8NQ
Prune Laurel hedge (G6) - Reduce the height of the hedge by 1-1.5 metres. Reduce the spread of the house side of the hedge by up to 0.5 metres to clear the side path.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
17 Jul 2025
Received by Buckinghamshire
-
26 Aug 2025
Decision issued: TPO shall not be made
-
4 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Buckinghamshire granted permission on 26 August 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
-
Deva Cottage South Side Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire SL9 8NQ
86% historically approved · decision due ~27 Aug
Prune Laurel hedge (G6) - Reduce the height of the hedge by 1-1.5 metres. Reduce the spread of the house side of the hedge by up to 0.5 metres to clear the side path.
Awaiting decision Trees -
The Hobbit 6 South Side Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire SL9 8NQ
Non-material amendment to planning permission PL/25/2810/FA (Single storey rear extension, pitched-roof rear dormer addition, installation of new windows to match existing style, and alterations to rear elevation windows) (smaller window in side elevation and move sightly to left)
Decided Amendments Extension Loft or dormer +1 4 docsSmall domestic -
The Hobbit 6 South Side Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire SL9 8NQ
Single storey rear extension, pitched-roof rear dormer addition, installation of new windows to match existing style, and alterations to rear elevation windows.
Granted Full applications Extension Loft or dormer +1 22 docsSmall domestic -
The Nook 3 The Queensway Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire SL9 8NF
94% historically approved · decision due ~23 Oct
T6 cherry crown reduce by approx 1m. T7 mulberry crown reduce by approx 1m and remove hanging growth over neighbours side of boundary. T9 Portuguese laurel, Laurel and Purple plum face trim our side as hard as possible, reduce height by approximately 1m.
Awaiting decision Trees 2 docs -
Acrefield House Acrefield Road Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire SL9 8NA
86% historically approved · decision due ~21 Sep
Apple (T3) - Winter prune : Reduce height by up to 3m and sides by up to 2m; Cypress (T4) - Crown lift over path up to 2m/2.5m
Decided Trees -
Sunnyways Acrefield Road Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire SL9 8NA
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed additional 1m width to left driveway
Granted Lawful development 7 docs
Other tree works applications
In Buckinghamshire
-
PL/26/05964/KA Awaiting decision
The Nook 3 The Queensway Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire SL9 8NF
T6 cherry crown reduce by approx 1m. T7 mulberry crown reduce by approx 1m and remove hanging growth over neighbours side of boundary. T9 Portuguese laurel, Laurel and Purple plum face trim our side as hard as possible, reduce height by approximately 1m.
-
PL/26/06573/TP Awaiting decision
Annesley Lodge 13 St Johns Close Tylers Green Buckinghamshire HP10 8HX
Oak: crown lift the tree to provide approximately 5m clearance over the road, driveway, and garden, reduction of lateral branches by approximately 2m on the road and property sides, pruning back to suitable branch unions and maintaining clearance from telephone lines and the property, reduction of the branch tip closest to the phone line by approximately 1m
-
PL/26/06540/TP Awaiting decision
5 Pine Road Edlesborough Buckinghamshire LU6 2EJ
Copper Beech (T1): crown reduction by approx 4m to a suitable lateral growth of branches interfering with building, telephone wires and overhanging neighbouring driveway, crown lift of low hanging branches to approximately 3m to remove nuisance
-
PL/26/06172/TP Awaiting decision
Land at Commonwealth Place Farnham Royal Buckinghamshire
T1 Willow - Reduce height and spread by approx. 2m leaving tree at a height of approx. 14 metres and spread of approx. 12m. Reasons for works is to maintain size and shape for location.
-
PL/26/05448/TP Awaiting decision
67 Butlers Court Road Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire HP9 1SQ
Oak Tree - Tidy up the lower branches up to a height of 6 meters from ground level, reduce the lateral limbs by 2 meters to balance and crown thin by 20%.