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Yarrow Heights School Cobden Avenue Southampton SO18 1FS

25/00250/TPOTree Preservation OrderRefused

Refused on 12 November 2025

Council decision: TPO Permission and Refusal IssuedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

G003 (mixed) - remove dead/declining stems growing towards access road back to inline with remaining hedgerow. T019 (lime) - crown raise to 5.2 metres over access road. T021 (lime) - remove lower epicormic growth up to 3 metres. T027 (Lime) - crown raise to 5.2 metres over access road.

Received
26 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bitterne Park
Agent
JH Tree Services Hampshire Ltd
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated26 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Nov
  5. Decided12 Nov

Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Yarrow Heights School Cobden Avenue Southampton SO18 1FS. Southampton has handled 113 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Bitterne Park. We hold 120 applications in total for the SO18 postcode area.

76% of trees applications at Southampton City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SO18 1FS
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 September 2025
Target decision date
21 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
JH Tree Services Hampshire Ltd
Agent address
17 Silverdale Drive Waterlooville PO7 6DN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Hmo
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref T2-017-G13Part of the site · +3 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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 parks, 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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    26 Sep

    G003 (mixed) - remove dead/declining stems growing towards access road back to inline with remaining…

    This applicationRefusedTrees25/00250/TPO
  2. 2025
    26 Sep

    G002 (Sycamore) - remove east stem on twin stem sycamore due to tight included union.

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderFiled alongside25/00251/TPO

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