Virginia Cottage Houghton Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6LU
Approved on 25 April 2017
Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Felling of 1 Conifer
- Received
- 20 March 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Test Valley Borough Council
- Ward
- BROUGHTON & STOCKBRIDGE
- ReceivedReceived20 Mar
- ValidatedValidated22 Mar
- Consult.Consultation12 Apr
- TargetTarget Date3 May
- DecidedDecided25 Apr
Decided in 34 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Virginia Cottage Houghton Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6LU. Test Valley has handled 2,853 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Test Valley's typical decision time. The site is in the Houghton and Bossington conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 7 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 6LU
- Application type
- TREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- HOUGHTON
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 March 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 12 April 2017
- Consultation start
- 22 March 2017
- Consultation end
- 12 April 2017
- Last date for comments
- 13 April 2017
- Target decision date
- 3 May 2017
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
7 other applications at this property, newest first.
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T1 - Cherry Tree - Fell, T2 - Field Maple - Reduce crown by up to 3m, T3 - Sycamore - Pollard to old pruning…
ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH24/02744/TREES - 202119 Jan
Sycamores - Pollard back to previous pollard points
ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH21/00188/TREES - 201330 Sep
Ash - Prune back all branches overhanging road to property boundary.
ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH13/02200/TREES - 201329 Aug
Pollard 4 Sycamore
ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH13/01934/TREES - 20135 Jul
Two storey extension to provide sitting room with bedroom over
PERMISSION subject to conditions & notesFULL APPLICATION - SOUTH13/01444/FULLS - 201125 May
Fell 1 Ash
ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH11/01185/TREES - 201124 May
Erection of a 3-bay wooden garage with cedar shingles
PERMISSION subject to conditions & notesFULL APPLICATION - SOUTH11/01153/FULLS
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