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Georges Horsebridge Road Houghton Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6LY

23/02415/TREESTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTHApproved

Approved on 31 October 2023

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Pseudo Acacia - Crown reduction of around 3-4m to reduce the stress to large branches.

Received
19 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
MID TEST
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.10 Oct
  4. Target31 Oct
  5. Decided31 Oct

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Georges Horsebridge Road Houghton Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6LY. Test Valley has handled 2,853 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Test Valley's typical decision time. The site is in the Houghton and Bossington conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 269 applications across MID TEST. We hold 2,691 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 6LY
Application type
TREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH
Scale / size
Small
Parish
HOUGHTON

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2023
Consultation expiry
10 October 2023
Consultation start
19 September 2023
Consultation end
10 October 2023
Last date for comments
11 October 2023
Target decision date
31 October 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
8

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

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

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    16 May

    Removal of a Eucalyptus that has died over winter

    ApprovedDEAD AND DANGEROUS CONSERVATION AREA23/01277/DDCA

Source: Test Valley

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