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Steepdown Cottage Blackbridge Road Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9QJ

22/01252/TWTree Works in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 2 September 2022

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1; Olive (Olea europaea) - Formative pruning to develop internal framework of branches, reshaping previously 'trimmed' dome crown to encourage a more natural crown outline to develop. Height and spread to be reduced by around 0.5m as a result of pruning.

Received
18 July 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Freshwater South
  1. Received18 Jul
  2. Validated18 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Steepdown Cottage Blackbridge Road Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9QJ. Isle of Wight has handled 2,279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than Isle of Wight's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 9QJ
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Freshwater

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 July 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
ArbAdvice
Agent address
Flat 5 21 Partlands Avenue Ryde PO33 3DS United Kingdom

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11402838
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 Wight
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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 (19)

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, 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: Isle of Wight

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