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Longwood Dean House Longwood Dean Lane Owslebury Hampshire SO21 1JR

SDNP/25/04020/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 6 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1-T11 Oaks on main drive into property, 5x on the left, 6x on the right: Raise the lower canopy to 2.5-3m to suitable growth points to allow for over head clearance T12 and T13 Walnuts in the corner of main courtyard: Raise the lower canopy to 2.5-3m to suitable growth points to allow for over head clearance T14-T20 Ash in rear of property, and T21 and T22 Ash behind courtyard building: Remove to ground level due to visible signs of ash dieback

Received
7 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Upper Meon Valley Ward
  1. Received7 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.17 Nov
  4. Target15 Dec
  5. Decided6 Jan

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Longwood Dean House Longwood Dean Lane Owslebury Hampshire SO21 1JR. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Upper Meon Valley Ward. We hold 1,501 applications in total for the SO21 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
SO21 1JR
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cheriton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2025
Last date for comments
17 November 2025
Target decision date
15 December 2025
Permission expires
6 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Oscar Emery Tree Care
Agent address
1 Larkspur Close, Swanmore Swanmore Southampton SO32 2RE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14383876
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Longwood Dean FarmhouseOn this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Itchen SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation · +1 more
  • 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, conservation 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.

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.

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