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Stoke Cottage Chapel Road Meonstoke Hampshire SO32 3NJ

SDNP/26/00601/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 22 April 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Removal of 10 Ash trees on the roadside of Chapel Road, all trees have Ash dieback. T1: Ash, Triple stem from base, remove one main stem leaning over the road. T2: Ash, splits into two stems @ 1.5m. Fell. T3: Ash, larger than T2, splits into two stems @ 1.5m. Fell. T4: Ash, single stem. Fell. T5: Ash, single stem. Fell. T6: Ash, Single stem, roadside lean. Fell. T7: ash, large, heavily leaning towards the garden, rot at base. Fell. G1: Ash, two small trees within stand of maple trees. Fell. G2: Ash, two stand-alone single-stem ash trees (small). Fell. T11, Yew tree. reduce canopy overhanging the property to give 1m clearance from the property. G3, Yew and box trees, crown raise and lightly shape overhanging the road.

Received
13 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Upper Meon Valley Ward
Agent
TreeWorX Contractors Ltd
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target30 Mar
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Stoke Cottage Chapel Road Meonstoke Hampshire SO32 3NJ. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Corhampton and Meonstoke conservation area. 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 3NJ
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Corhampton and Meonstoke Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2026
Last date for comments
16 February 2026
Target decision date
30 March 2026
Permission expires
22 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
TreeWorX Contractors Ltd
Agent address
19 Coldland Road Whitley Hampshire PO15 7QR United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14700197
Documents
3

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.

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2016
    27 Jan

    Please see attached Tree Management Plan

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/16/00374/TCA

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