Planning application
5 Old School Lane Steeple Claydon Buckinghamshire MK18 2SB
Works: Trees
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Oak Tree. Heavy pruning to branches (pollarding) as they are overhanging close to residential property (Within 5 metres). There will be a minimum of 4 metres off the top of the crown and all the way around a minimum of 2.5 metres off. Branches have fallen and damaged roof tiles because the tree is twice the height of the residential property.
As published by the council, reference PL/25/3761/TP
Application record
- Reference
- PL/25/3761/TP
- Type
- Works to trees covered by TPO
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refuse Permission
- Received
- 17 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 17 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 11 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Grendon Underwood and The Claydons
- Parish
- Steeple Claydon
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- MK18 2SB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Sep 2025
Received by Buckinghamshire
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11 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Refuse Permission
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat refusal means
The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
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