Freemantle Farm House Houghton Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6LH

23/02557/TREESTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTHApproved

Approved on 7 December 2023

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

T1-T3 - Willow- Reduce canopy by up to 4m and lift canopy to no more than 3m from ground level, T4-T5 - willow- Lift canopy to no more than 3m from ground level, T6 - Alder - Fell, T7- willow- reduce canopy by up to 5m

Received: 6 October 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Test Valley Borough Council
Ward: MID TEST
Agent: Awbridge Arborists Ltd

ReceivedReceived6 Oct
ValidatedValidated6 Oct
Consult.Consultation27 Oct
TargetTarget Date17 Nov
DecidedDecided7 Dec

Decided in 62 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Freemantle Farm House Houghton Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6LH. Test Valley has handled 2,853 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer 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 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 271 applications across MID TEST. 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 6LH
Application type: TREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH
Scale / size: Small
Parish: HOUGHTON

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 October 2023
Consultation expiry: 27 October 2023
Consultation start: 6 October 2023
Consultation end: 27 October 2023
Last date for comments: 30 October 2023
Target decision date: 17 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: Awbridge Arborists Ltd
Agent address: 87 Rownhams Lane North Baddesley SO52 9LX

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12510538
Documents: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Houghton and Bossington
Listed building: Grade II: Freemantle FarmOn this site
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation

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.

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Source: Test Valley

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