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Field Cottage High Street Meonstoke Hampshire SO32 3NH

SDNP/23/03997/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 4 December 2023

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Beech - the tree is in the customers back garden. The crown is sparse and there are Ganoderma brackets at the base. One stem of the tree is heavily biased over the property and we would like to remove the tree to ground level to prevent it falling and damaging the surrounding properties.

Received
25 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Upper Meon Valley Ward
Agent
East Hants Arborists Ltd
  1. Received25 Sep
  2. Validated26 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Nov
  5. Decided4 Dec

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Field Cottage High Street Meonstoke Hampshire SO32 3NH. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Corhampton and Meonstoke conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Upper Meon Valley Ward. We hold 991 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 3NH
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Corhampton and Meonstoke Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 September 2023
Target decision date
7 November 2023
Permission expires
4 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
East Hants Arborists Ltd
Agent address
36 Admers Crescent Liphook Hampshire gu307hp United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12477875
Documents
3
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Corhampton and Meonstoke
  • 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 (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 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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