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Honeysuckle Cottage Faithfuls Drove Houghton Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6LT

24/01252/TREESTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTHApproved

Approved on 3 July 2024

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1, T2 - Ash - Reduce to no less than 5m from ground level, T3 - Maple - Reduce by up to 3m from top height, T4 - Beech - reduce by up to 3m from extremities, T5 - Ash - Reduce to a frame 5m from ground level, T6 Lime - raise crown by up to 4.5m T7 - Ash - Remove lowest limb

Received
31 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
MID TEST
Agent
Gent Tree Limited
  1. Received31 May
  2. Validated31 May
  3. Consult.1 Jul
  4. Target12 Jul
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 33 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Honeysuckle Cottage Faithfuls Drove Houghton Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6LT. Test Valley has handled 2,853 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 2 weeks quicker than Test Valley's typical decision time. The site is in the Houghton and Bossington conservation area, with 4 listed buildings 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.

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 6LT
Application type
TREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH
Scale / size
Small
Parish
HOUGHTON

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 May 2024
Consultation expiry
1 July 2024
Consultation start
10 June 2024
Consultation end
1 July 2024
Last date for comments
2 July 2024
Target decision date
12 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gent Tree Limited
Agent address
13 Hillside Close West Dean Salisbury SP5 1EX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13115363
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: Lavender 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

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© 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

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    2 Jul

    Remove dangerous Ash tree located on the property next to the road

    ApprovedDEAD AND DANGEROUS CONSERVATION AREA24/01515/DDCA
  2. 2019
    1 Oct

    Ash (T1) - Fell.

    ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH19/02366/TREES
  3. 2019
    18 Sep

    3X Scots pine (T1) - Fell Spruce (T2) - Fell

    ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH19/02265/TREES
  4. 2016
    12 Sep

    T1 Lime - Raise crown up to 4m. T2 Shelterbelt of trees - Reduce lateral growth to give 2.5m clearance. T3…

    ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH16/02247/TREES
  5. 2012
    16 Jan

    Certificate of Lawful Proposed Development for conversion of existing roofspace over detached garage with…

    ApprovedLAWFULNESS OF PROPOSED DEV - SOUTH12/00112/CLPS
  6. 2009
    2 Jan

    Erection of double garage and carport with room over in lieu of single garage with log store previously…

    PERMISSION subject to conditions & notesFULL APPLICATION - SOUTH09/00008/FULLS

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