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The Limes Church Lane Houghton Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6LJ

17/00283/TPOSTREE WORKS WITHIN TPO - SOUTHApproved

Approved on 4 April 2017

Council decision: CONSENT subject to conditions and notesDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1-T17 Lime Trees - crown rise to approximately 5m to allow better vehicle access and more light to shrubs in garden; Church Lane end - crown reduce by approximately 2m off smaller trees and make all these trees a similar height to maintain at a suitable size and retain as a village feature; rolling consent to repeat crown rise every 2 years removing any small new growth.

Received
3 February 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BROUGHTON & STOCKBRIDGE
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided4 Apr

Decided in 60 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Limes Church Lane Houghton Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6LJ. Test Valley has handled 2,853 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days longer than Test Valley's typical decision time. The site is in the Houghton and Bossington conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 2,695 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 WITHIN TPO - SOUTH
Scale / size
Small
Parish
HOUGHTON

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2017
Consultation expiry
28 February 2017
Consultation start
6 February 2017
Consultation end
27 February 2017
Last date for comments
28 February 2017
Target decision date
31 March 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Awbridge Aborists
Agent address
117 Winchester Road Romsey SO51 8JF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
28 February 2017

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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.

Source: Test Valley

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