Buckinghamshire Council’s weekly summary of planning applications and decisions lists numerous ash trees that could be felled.

You can view each individual application by going to the Council’s planning website and searching for the application number provided.

Ash (24/06469/TPO)

Buckinghamshire Council has acknowledged that numerous ash trees along Treadaway Hill are at risk of dying.

Real estate developer Balfour Beaty asked for permission to cut down the trees for safety reasons.

Buckinghamshire Council’s arborists agreed, saying that removing the ash to minimise risk was acceptable due to the proximity to the road. Officers also say the developer consulted the Forestry Commission, who said the work did not require felling permission.

Boarding school tree (24/06494/CTREE)

A boarding school is allowed to cut down an ash tree because it is in danger of dying and is leaning over an electrical substation.

Wycombe Abbey School, on Frances Dove Way, applied for permission to fell the ash tree in June this year. Buckinghamshire Council responded that it had decided not to apply a Tree Preservation Order, so work can go ahead.

However, the work must be completed within two years – and the school is obliged to inform the local council about any further planned work.

Office renovation (24/06398/PNPCR)

Office buildings at Buckingham Place cannot be converted into seven apartments until planning officials have reviewed noise protection measures, Buckinghamshire Council said.

Property developer Life Build Solutions asked for confirmation that it had already received approval to convert 2 Buckingham Place into apartments.

Under planning law, this does not require full planning permission, but the city council must still consider issues such as the impact of the development on traffic and whether residents would have acceptable living conditions.

According to the planning authority, developers would have to submit their noise insulation plans before prior approval could be granted.

This is what the houses on Buckingham Drive could look like (Image: Ingleton Wood)

Two Houses (24/06328/OUT)

Two houses can be built at the end of a cul-de-sac in Micklefield, council planning officials have agreed.

The homes are planned for Buckingham Drive in High Wycombe. A planning statement from planning consultants Inlgeton Wood said the site was previously home to a number of garages which have since been demolished.

According to the architects’ drawings, each house will have two floors. The application was for a provisional planning permission only, meaning that the building project has been approved in principle, but exact details of the location, layout and appearance will have to be approved at a later date.

But Ingleton Wood says the plans submitted show how the houses could be built “with a design that blends harmoniously with the surrounding area without obstructing views or compromising neighbourhood amenity”.