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The Mill House Five Bridges Road Winchester Hampshire SO23 9RU

SDNP/26/01217/TCATree in a Conservation AreaAwaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Wooded area on the SW aspect of St Cross Mill. Area is populated by mixed species with a shaded floor and legacy waste pipe running above ground. It?s a conservation area and no trees within the scope of works warrant protection. Objective is to remove the hazardous and dominant trees in order to restore a hedgerow on the paddock boundary. T1 ? Sycamore? Remove - -small, etiolated specimen with no potential to mature. T2 ? Thuja ? Remove - -significantly weighted toward the paddock and not contributing to the area - - The two larger trees will remain acting as a screen for the property. T3 ? Poplar ? ? Remove - -small, etiolated specimen with no potential to mature. T4 ? Ash ? Removal of the lowest lateral toward the West with a high risk of failure. T5 ? Willow ? Pollard to around 10m to open up the floor for replanting and form a feature tree within the copse. T6 ? Sycamore ? Remove - -small, etiolated specimen with no potential to mature. T7? Ash = Fell? Ash dieback and to enable hedgerow planting and establishment T8? Ash = Fell? Ash dieback and to enable hedgerow planting and establishment T9? Ash = Fell? Ash dieback and to enable hedgerow planting and establishment T10? Ash = Fell? Ash dieback and to enable hedgerow planting and establishment

Received
27 March 2026
Decision due
12 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
St. Michael Ward
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.31 Mar
  4. Target12 May
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a tree application at The Mill House Five Bridges Road Winchester Hampshire SO23 9RU. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 27 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Winchester conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across St. Michael Ward. We hold 617 applications in total for the SO23 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
SO23 9RU
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Non Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2026
Last date for comments
31 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
TreeMenders
Agent address
Greenfields North Gorley Fordingbridge SP6 2PL

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14813981
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: WinchesterPart of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Itchen SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation · +1 more
  • National park: South Downs
  • SSSI: Alresford Pond SSSIPart of the site · +1 more
  • Special Area of Conservation: River ItchenPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (17)

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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    27 Mar

    Trees on the Northern Boundary (left) of Five Bridges Road. All locations marked with yellow spot on the tree…

    PendingTree in a Conservation AreaFiled alongsideSDNP/26/01216/TCA
  2. 2026
    27 Mar

    Wooded area on the SW aspect of St Cross Mill. Area is populated by mixed species with a shaded floor and…

    This applicationPendingTreesSDNP/26/01217/TCA

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