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12 Nelson Road Southsea PO5 2AR

21/00388/TPOWorks to Tree Preservation Order TreesApproved

Approved on 27 April 2021

Council decision: Conditional ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Within Tree Preservation Order 44 - (T48) Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus), Reduce height 2m and width by 1.5m laterally

Received
5 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Jude
  1. Received5 Mar
  2. Validated8 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 May
  5. Decided27 Apr

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 12 Nelson Road Southsea PO5 2AR. Portsmouth has handled 146 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Portsmouth's typical decision time. The site is in the Owen's Southsea conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 2AR
Application type
Works to Tree Preservation Order Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 March 2021
Target decision date
3 May 2021
Decision issued
29 April 2021
Permission expires
29 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
FAO Mr Simon Jordan
Agent address
40 Stakes Road Waterlooville Hampshire PO7 5NA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 (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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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