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7 Watercress Way, Medstead, Alton, GU34 5FS

54449/002Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 27 July 2016

Council decision: CONSENTDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 Common Oak (second tree south of the highway, Watercress Way) - fell

Received
2 June 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Four Marks & Medstead
Agent
Hampshire Woodlands Ltd
  1. Received2 Jun
  2. Validated2 Jun
  3. Consult.30 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 7 Watercress Way, Medstead, Alton, GU34 5FS. East Hampshire has handled 822 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 8 days quicker than East Hampshire's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Four Marks & Medstead. We hold 1,559 applications in total for the GU34 postcode area.

92% of trees applications at East Hampshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
GU34 5FS
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Medstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 June 2016
Consultation expiry
30 June 2016
Consultation start
2 June 2016
Consultation end
30 June 2016
Last date for comments
28 July 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hampshire Woodlands Ltd
Agent address
2 Pond Cottage, Church Lane, Upper Wield, Alresford, SO24 9RT

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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: East Hampshire

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