Cemetery Whitwell Road Godshill Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 3HL

26/00258/HEDGHedgerowApproved

Approved on 28 April 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Removal of 4m of hedge along the Godshill entrance to improve access/visibility splays

Received: 23 February 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 3
Council: Isle of Wight Council
Ward: Central Rural

ReceivedReceived23 Feb
ValidatedValidated23 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided28 Apr

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Cemetery Whitwell Road Godshill Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 3HL. 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. There are no previous applications recorded 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 3HL
Application type: Hedgerow
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Godshill

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Stacey Dinning

Additional information

Documents: 11
Constraints: 2

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.

Source: Isle of Wight

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