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Beech Tree Cottage, Elderberry Way, Medstead, Alton, GU34 5QF

59532Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 22 December 2021

Council decision: CONSENTDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 - Beech (T9 in TPO (EH983) 2015) - reduce over extended branches on east and west side of the canopy, as shown on submitted photo, by up to 2 metres to bring in line with the rest of the canopy and crown lift to 4 metres.

Received
8 October 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Four Marks & Medstead
Agent
HRG Tree Surgeons Limited
  1. Received8 Oct
  2. Validated9 Nov
  3. Consult.10 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 43 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Beech Tree Cottage, Elderberry Way, Medstead, Alton, GU34 5QF. East Hampshire has handled 822 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 12 days longer than East Hampshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Four Marks & Medstead. We hold 1,556 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 5QF
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Medstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 November 2021
Consultation expiry
10 December 2021
Consultation start
12 November 2021
Consultation end
10 December 2021
Last date for comments
4 January 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
HRG Tree Surgeons Limited
Agent address
151, High Street, Southampton, SO14 2BT

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10287660
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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