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5 Abbey Hill, Netley Abbey, Southampton, SO31 5FB

NC/26/100691Notification of proposed works to trees in conservation areasApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 16 February 2026

Council decision: Raise No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

2no. Conifer trees in the front garden within the front boundary. T1- Fell tree due to it outgrowing the area causing the front wall to become unstable. T2 - Fell tree due to outgrowing the area and close to the overhead electric services archive to clearance. Wish to replace both trees with a more suitable tree species to fit within the situation.

Received
5 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hamble & Netley Ward
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 ABBEY HILL, NETLEY ABBEY, SOUTHAMPTON, SO31 5FB. Eastleigh has handled 1,749 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Eastleigh's typical decision time. The site is in the Netley Abbey conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Hamble & Netley Ward. We hold 1,684 applications in total for the SO31 postcode area.

88% of trees applications at Eastleigh Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SO31 5FB
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in conservation areas
Development type
TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hound CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2026
Consultation expiry
29 January 2026
Consultation end
29 January 2026
Last date for comments
29 January 2026
Target decision date
16 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
20 MITCHELL CLOSE, FAREHAM, HAMPSHIRE, PO15 5SE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

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: Netley Abbey
  • 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)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    5 Feb

    Proposed single storey rear extension and part replacement of roof

    ApprovedHouseholderH/26/100878

Source: Eastleigh

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