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Churchstow Church Lane Houghton Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6LJ

22/01006/TREESTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTHApproved

Approved on 20 May 2022

Council decision: NO OBJECTION refer to informativesDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Weeping Pear - Cut Back overhang up to 1 Metre on tennis court side T2 - Maple - Reduce canopy on tennis court side removing up to 1.5metres lateral growth T3, T4, T5, T6 - Yew - Cut back overhang on tennis court side up to 1 metre, Reduce height by up to 4 metres to lower each tree to approximately 11 meters from ground level G1 - Sycamores- Cut back overhanging lateral branches to the boundary of garden removing up to 2 metres

Received
12 April 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
MID TEST
Agent
Awbridge Arborists Ltd
  1. Received12 Apr
  2. Validated12 Apr
  3. Consult.3 May
  4. Target24 May
  5. Decided20 May

Decided in 38 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Churchstow Church Lane Houghton Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6LJ. Test Valley has handled 2,853 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 11 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 are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 271 applications across MID TEST. 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
12 April 2022
Consultation expiry
3 May 2022
Consultation start
12 April 2022
Consultation end
3 May 2022
Last date for comments
4 May 2022
Target decision date
24 May 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Awbridge Arborists Ltd
Agent address
117 Winchester Road Romsey SO51 8JF

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11189687
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Houghton and Bossington
  • Listed building: Grade II: Church Lane CottageOn or next to this site
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

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