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The Old Rectory Church Lane Houghton Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6LJ

08/02784/TREESTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTHApproved

Approved on 22 December 2008

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Fell 1 Silver Maple and 1 Cherry tree, raise crown of row of Sycamore trees and remove deadwood to 1 Sycamore tree.

Received
21 November 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BROUGHTON & STOCKBRIDGE
  1. Received21 Nov
  2. Validated21 Nov
  3. Consult.16 Dec
  4. Target2 Jan
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 31 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Rectory Church Lane Houghton Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6LJ. Test Valley has handled 2,853 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 3 weeks quicker than Test Valley's typical decision time. The site is in the Houghton and Bossington conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 2,693 applications in total for the SO20 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at Test Valley Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SO20 6LJ
Application type
TREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH
Scale / size
Small
Parish
HOUGHTON

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 November 2008
Consultation expiry
16 December 2008
Consultation start
25 November 2008
Consultation end
16 December 2008
Last date for comments
17 December 2008
Target decision date
2 January 2009

Applicant and agent

Agent address
8 Avonmead Court Durrington Salisbury Wilts SP4 8JD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Houghton and Bossington
  • 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)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 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.

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

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    9 Jul

    (T1) Cherry Plum - Pollard stems by up to 4m (T2) Robinia - Remove major deadwood (T3) Cherry Plum - Fell to…

    ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH24/01568/TREES
  2. 2023
    1 Sep

    T1 - Horse Chestnut - reduce canopy overhanging garden of Old Rectory only by up to 3m, T2 - Ash - Remove…

    ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH23/02254/TREES
  3. 2015
    2 Jan

    T1 - Horse Chestnut - Pollard to major three way fork. G1 - Group of Ash - crown raise by 1.5m. T2 - Ash…

    ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH15/00001/TREES
  4. 2010
    12 Jan

    Reduce large, low limb back from roof on one Cherry Plum tree to give two metre clearance. Remove low limb…

    ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH10/00064/TREES
  5. 2008
    18 Apr

    Reduction in height of boundary Yew tree/hedge between Glebe House and The Old Rectory. Remove top of Yew…

    ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH08/01055/TREES
  6. 2005
    10 Oct

    Fell 1 Acer tree and works to 1 Taxus Baccata tree.

    ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH05/00475/TREES

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