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Rookley Country Park Main Road Rookley Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 3LU

26/00019/TWTree Works to TPOApproved

Approved on 16 March 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Amendment to proposed works received (10.03.2026): T1; White Poplar - Reduce stem down to epicormal growth at 1.5m from fork; Remove broken limb; Reduce weight from first 3 limbs over road by removing furthest extended secondary limbs. T3; Eucalyptus - Remove. T4; Weeping willow - Remove first limb at 2m in height over washroom. T5; Weeping willow - Remove first 2 limbs over the drive to the north and east. T6; Weeping willow - Remove stem/limb over the parking and split hanging limb. T7 White poplar - Remove stem over decking. T8; White poplar - Reduce weight from both stems over the decking by removing first crown stem/limb from both trees. T9; Hybrid poplar - Remove the remaining weak limb. T12; White poplar - Remove. T15; Eucalyptus - Remove. T16; Norway maple - Remove and replace with whitebeam. T17; White poplar - Pollard down to 3 metres in height.

Received
8 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central Rural
Agent
TreecareIW Ltd
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Rookley Country Park Main Road Rookley Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 3LU. Isle of Wight has handled 2,279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Isle of Wight's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Central Rural. We hold 1,774 applications in total for the PO38 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
PO38 3LU
Application type
Tree Works to TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rookley

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
TreecareIW Ltd
Agent address
42 West Street Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 1PR

Planning decision

Case officer
Lewis Mabbett

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14606951
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

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

17 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    4 Feb

    2x single sided and 1x double sided illuminated free standing totem signs

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentP/00106/19
  2. 2018
    19 Sep

    To lift the crowns of the trees around the two ponds detailed in the application to up to 5 metres above…

    ApprovedTree Works to TPOTW/0371/18
  3. 2018
    9 Aug

    Tree Works to TPO

    ApprovedTree Works to TPOTW/0310/18
  4. 2017
    16 Oct

    Variation of condition 2 on P/00696/15

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)P/01262/17
  5. 2016
    28 Sep

    Removal of condition 10 on P/00207/10

    WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)P/01306/16
  6. 2016
    8 Jul

    Siting of 5 holiday caravans (revised plans)

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionP/00948/16

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