Spring Cottage Stevens Drove Houghton Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6LP
Approved on 13 December 2021
Council decision: Fell Dangerous CA Tree DDDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
To fell a dangerous Ash tree, with signs of Ash Die back and a large basal cavity, sited in the rear garden close to an oil tank.
- Received
- 10 December 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Test Valley Borough Council
- Ward
- MID TEST
- ReceivedReceived10 Dec
- ValidatedValidated10 Dec
- Consult.Consultation14 Dec
- TargetTarget Date4 Feb
- DecidedDecided13 Dec
Decided in 3 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Spring Cottage Stevens Drove Houghton Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6LP. Test Valley has handled 922 applications of this type. This one was decided in 3 days, 7 weeks quicker than Test Valley's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 274 applications across MID TEST. We hold 2,695 applications in total for the SO20 postcode area.
93% of heritage 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 6LP
- Application type
- DEAD AND DANGEROUS CONSERVATION AREA
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- HOUGHTON
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 December 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 14 December 2021
- Consultation start
- 10 December 2021
- Consultation end
- 14 December 2021
- Last date for comments
- 14 December 2021
- Target decision date
- 4 February 2022
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 1
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (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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© 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.
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Associated applications
- 202210 Feb
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201720 Mar
Fell 1 maple Tree
ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH17/00720/TREES - 20095 Mar
Fell one Ash tree to ground level and treat stump to prevent regeneration. Plant replacement Liquidambar…
ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH09/00443/TREES - 20093 Mar
Fell one Ash tree and replace with smaller variety of tree. Remove row of Leyland cypress and plant three…
ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH09/00430/TREES
Source: Test Valley
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