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All Saints Church Church Place Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9BP

22/00879/TWTree Works in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 July 2022

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

T1; Veteran yew - The tree would benefit from minor tip-reduction (absolute max. 2m) to outer areas of crown overhanging the road and in the immediate vicinity of the War Memorial and gable/roof of the church. Minimal reduction fragile elements of aerial deadwood to retain/cultivate safe decaying habitat. Removal/reduction of very lowest limbs over graves adjacent to road to The Causeway. Yew Group (Fastigiate yews - various). To reinstate original management regime: Re-bollard at approx 1m above ground to rejuvenate. To optimise regeneration, it will be necessary to crown-lift some of the adjacent limes (no higher than 6m) to improve light penetration. Various ashes adjacent to the 'new' graveyard are showing clear symptoms of Hymenoscyphus fraxea. Pollarding of badly diseased ashes and removal of dead/dangerous limbs will be undertaken alongside the above works.

Received
17 May 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Freshwater South
  1. Received17 May
  2. Validated17 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Jul

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at All Saints Church Church Place Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9BP. Isle of Wight has handled 2,279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Isle of Wight's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Freshwater South. We hold 724 applications in total for the PO40 postcode area.

95% of trees applications at Isle of Wight Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PO40 9BP
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Freshwater

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 May 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Dryad Treework
Agent address
Briarley Cottage Hunny Hill BRIGHSTONE PO30 4DU undefined

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11262813
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II*: All Saints ChurchOn this site · +32 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Isle Of WightPart of the site
  • SSSI: Yar Estuary SSSIPart of the site
  • Special Area of Conservation: Solent MaritimePart of the site
  • Special Protection Area: Solent & Southampton WaterPart of the site
  • Ramsar wetland: Solent & Southampton WaterPart of the site

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (14)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, 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

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

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