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45 Grove Road South Southsea PO5 3QS

26/00038/TPOWorks to Tree Preservation Order TreesApproved

Approved on 12 March 2026

Council decision: Conditional ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Within Tree Preservation Order 45, (T2, T4, T6, T8 ,T10) 5x Lombardy Poplar (Populus nigra italica) crown reduction of 8-10m back to previous pruning points and removal of dead wood; (T12) Lombardy Poplar (Populus nigra italica) to be fell, cleared and removal of remaining stump; (T3 ,T5 ,T7 ,T9) 4x Common Lime (Tilia x europaea) crown reduction of 4-5m back to previous pruning points and removal of dead wood; (T14) Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) cown reduction of 4-5m back to previous pruning points and removal of dead wood; (T21, T19 ,T17) 3x Copper Beech (Fagus sylvatica purpurea) crown reduction of 3-4m back to growth points and removal of dead wood; (T22) Bay tree (Laurus nobilis) height reduction of 2-3m, lateral reduction of 1-2m and shaping

Received
15 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Jude
Agent
Angus Tree Services Ltd
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Feb
  4. Target12 Mar
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 45 Grove Road South Southsea PO5 3QS. Portsmouth has handled 146 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. 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 3QS
Application type
Works to Tree Preservation Order Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2026
Consultation expiry
13 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
19 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
13 February 2026
Last date for comments
18 February 2026
Target decision date
12 March 2026
Permission expires
12 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Angus Tree Services Ltd
Agent address
25 Locksway Road SOUTHSEA PO4 8JN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
21 January 2026
Site notice end
11 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14624797
Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
5

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

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.

© 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.

Source: Portsmouth

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