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Former Whitecroft Hospital Sandy Lane Newport Isle Of Wight

23/00738/TWTree Works in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 8 June 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Behind Wordsworth Mansions is a hedge of evergreen oak trees. We have been requested to cut back all sides of the hedge and reduce the top by approximately 2 metres in height to manage the hedge correctly

Received
26 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Carisbrooke And Gunville
  1. Received26 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Jun

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Former Whitecroft Hospital Sandy Lane Newport Isle Of Wight. Isle of Wight has handled 2,279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Isle of Wight's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Carisbrooke And Gunville.

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

Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newport & Carisbrooke Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Groundsells

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Clock Tower at Whitecroft HospitalOn this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Brownfield land register: Thompson House, Sandy Lane, Newport Isle Of Wight, PO30Register site at or near this address

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 (18)

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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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