Annesley House Queens Crescent Southsea PO5 3HE

24/00777/TPOWorks to Tree Preservation Order TreesApproved

Approved on 20 August 2024

Council decision: Conditional ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Within Tree Preservation Order 17, (T73) Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) - reduce crown by up to 3m, lateral reduction to live pruning wounds of <100mm; (T72) Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) - Crown reduction by up to 2.5m. reduce radial branch spread by up to 2.5m with a max of live pruning wounds <100mm; (T71) European lime (Tilia x europaea) - Repollard to previous pollard points

Received: 28 June 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Portsmouth City Council
Ward: St Jude
Agent: Prime Tree Care & Services

ReceivedReceived28 Jun
ValidatedValidated28 Jun
Consult.Consultation31 Jul
TargetTarget Date23 Aug
DecidedDecided20 Aug

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Annesley House Queens Crescent Southsea PO5 3HE. 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, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 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 3HE
Application type: Works to Tree Preservation Order Trees
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 June 2024
Consultation expiry: 31 July 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 1 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 31 July 2024
Last date for comments: 31 July 2024
Target decision date: 23 August 2024
Decision issued: 22 August 2024
Permission expires: 22 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Prime Tree Care & Services
Agent address: 32 Russell Road LEE-ON-THE-SOLENT PO13 9HP

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 5 July 2024
Site notice end: 26 July 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13195387
Comments: 0
Documents: 2
Constraints: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Owen's Southsea
Listed building: Grade II: Annesley HouseOn or next to this site · +2 more
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.

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Associated applications

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28 Jun
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RefusedPlanning RegulariseFiled alongside24/00759/PLAREG

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5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Portsmouth

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