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Watersedge Bridge Street Wickham Hampshire PO17 5PX

SDNP/26/00614/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 12 March 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 - Common Alder (alnus glutinosa) Tree in advanced state of decline. Adjacent trees previously felled due to Honey Fungus colonisation. Subject tree has low foliar density, decay in stem unions and potential to fail across river into adjacent properties. Fell whole tree to 1.5m above ground level. Retain stump and sucker growth to maintain river bank stabilisation.

Received
16 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Southwick & Wickham Ward
Agent
Fallen&Found Arboriculture Ltd
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target30 Mar
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Watersedge Bridge Street Wickham Hampshire PO17 5PX. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Wickham conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 2 applications across Southwick & Wickham Ward. We hold 472 applications in total for the PO17 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
PO17 5PX
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wickham 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
12 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Fallen&Found Arboriculture Ltd
Agent address
34 Havant Road Emsworth PO10 7JG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14702998
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Wickham
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Wickham
  • 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

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

Also checked, none recorded (18)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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