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Cameron Cottage The Square Droxford Hampshire SO32 3RB

SDNP/23/03639/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 15 September 2023

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Your permission is kindly sought to carry out work within the Village's Conservation Area, due to its claustrophobic effect, as well as much vegetation (trees/shrubs/Ivy/brambles/et al) overhanging the central car park, & main A32 road. We would like to:- 1 - collectively coppice, or side back, the various shrubs & trees along the western wall?s boundary-line by the A32 road. This would necessitate working on multiple Yew & Common/Cherry Laurel trees, together with Lilac & Buddleia, some of which are 6m to 9m tall. Such work would negate their overhang;2 - in the car park area by the telegraph pole - the removal of the dead tree, infested with brambles;3 - in that area too - side back the 6m high Sycamore tree?s northern wall overhang, & pollard it to 3.5m tall, to still provide screening;4 - the northern boundary?s Apple tree, tip-prune on the northern side, by 2.5m, so as to negate its overhang of parked cars; reduce it in height to about 3.5m/re-shape, to keep it in proportion;5 - side back the plethora of Ivy on old, hidden fencing, again so it doesn?t overhang parked vehicles;6 - scrape Ivy off the wall?s top surface, for aesthetic purposes;7 - side back the overhanging Pyracantha & brambles, to the same wall-line;8 - pollard the shrub by the wooden side gate, to 2m tall;9 - inside the front garden - reduce the far left-hand side, mature (LHS) Viburnum to the southern boundary?s wall?s height/shape;10 - reduce the far LHS corner?s mature Griselinia by 1.5m in height/side-back/shape;11 - reduce the western boundary?s central Common Cherry Laurel to its prior pruning points to 3.5m high;12 - & the far RHS one;13 & 14 - re-pollard the other Common Cherry Laurel to 2.75m, with the nearby Bay tree, to 1.75m;15 - reduce the Pyracantha to 1.75m tall.This proposed work will not spoil this beautiful property's frontage garden's amenity value, but will undoubtedly enhance it, as well as make the overhanging vegetation, safe/legal re clear

Received
1 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Central Meon Valley Ward
Agent
Enjoy Tree Care Limited
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated1 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Oct
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 14 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Cameron Cottage The Square Droxford Hampshire SO32 3RB. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 6 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Droxford conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Central Meon Valley Ward. We hold 990 applications in total for the SO32 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at South Downs were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SO32 3RB
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Droxford Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 September 2023
Target decision date
13 October 2023
Permission expires
15 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Enjoy Tree Care Limited
Agent address
Mulberry House Southwick Road North Boarhunt FAREHAM PO17 6JF United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12423411
Documents
4
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Droxford
  • Listed building: Grade II: Meon LeaOn or next to this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National park: South Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

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 Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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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