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The Old School House Watch Lane Freefolk Whitchurch Hampshire RG28 7NL

T/00394/26/TCAWorks to Trees - Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 23 September 2026

Council decision: Raise No Objection

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Fell and remove the conifer to ground level.

Received
24 August 2026
Ward
Whitchurch, Overton & Laverstoke
  1. Received24 Aug
  2. Validated24 Aug
  3. Consult.14 Sep
  4. Target5 Oct
  5. Decided23 Sep

Decided in 30 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old School House Watch Lane Freefolk Whitchurch Hampshire RG28 7NL. Basingstoke has handled 1,580 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 3 weeks quicker than Basingstoke's typical decision time. The site is in the Laverstoke and Freefolk conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Whitchurch, Overton & Laverstoke. We hold 166 applications in total for the RG28 postcode area.

95% of trees applications at Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
RG28 7NL
Application type
Works to Trees - Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
LAVERSTOKE CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 August 2026
Last date for comments
14 September 2026
Target decision date
5 October 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Laverstoke and Freefolk
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Basingstoke

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