Bush House Elm Grove Southsea
Approved on 25 June 2025
Council decision: Conditional ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Within Tree Preservation Order 183, (T6) Crimean Lime (Tilia × euchlora) gain a 1m clearance from property; (T3) Mountain Ash (Sorbus aucuparia) reduce by 1.5m on height and 1m on spread; (T1) London Plane (Platanus x hispanica) reduce by 1m on height and spread.
- Received
- 29 April 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Portsmouth City Council
- Ward
- St Thomas
- Agent
- Alpine Tree Surgeons Ltd
- ReceivedReceived29 Apr
- ValidatedValidated1 May
- Consult.Consultation30 May
- TargetTarget Date26 Jun
- DecidedDecided25 Jun
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Bush House Elm Grove Southsea. Portsmouth has handled 146 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across St Thomas.
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
- Application type
- Works to Tree Preservation Order Trees
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 30 May 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 May 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 30 May 2025
- Last date for comments
- 5 June 2025
- Target decision date
- 26 June 2025
- Permission expires
- 25 June 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Alpine Tree Surgeons Ltd
- Agent address
- Long Barn Ham Barn Farm Farnham Road LISS GU33 6LB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 8 May 2025
- Site notice end
- 29 May 2025
Site constraints
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: Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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