Upper Mount House The Vale Southsea PO5 2EQ
Approved on 24 September 2019
Council decision: Conditional ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Within Tree Preservation Order 205 - 4m height reduction, 3m lateral reduction and 20% crown thin to Common Lime (T1); 2.5m height reduction, 2m lateral reduction and crown lift to give 5m ground clearance to Holm Oak (T3)
- Received
- 16 July 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Portsmouth City Council
- Ward
- St Jude
- ReceivedReceived16 Jul
- ValidatedValidated16 Jul
- Consult.Consultation12 Sep
- TargetTarget Date10 Sep
- DecidedDecided24 Sep
Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Upper Mount House The Vale Southsea PO5 2EQ. Portsmouth has handled 146 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Portsmouth's typical decision time. The site is in the Owen's Southsea conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across St Jude. We hold 583 applications in total for the PO5 postcode area.
96% of trees applications at Portsmouth City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- PO5 2EQ
- Application type
- Works to Tree Preservation Order Trees
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 July 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 12 September 2019
- Consultation end
- 12 September 2019
- Neighbour consultation start
- 21 August 2019
- Neighbour consultation end
- 12 September 2019
- Last date for comments
- 12 September 2019
- Target decision date
- 10 September 2019
- Permission expires
- 24 September 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- FAO Adam Mansell
- Agent address
- 1 Northney Farmhouse St Peters Road Hayling Island PO11 0RX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Owen's Southsea
- 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: Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers. 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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202518 Aug
Within Tree Preservation Order 205; (T3) Holm Oak (Quercus ilex) Crown Reduction, reduce tree height by up to…
Conditional ConsentWorks to Tree Preservation Order Trees25/00982/TPO - 20256 Jun
Within Tree Preservation Order 205; (T3) Holm Oak, Fell
RefusedWorks to Tree Preservation Order Trees25/00642/TPO
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