The Old Rectory Church Lane Houghton Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6LJ
Approved on 14 August 2024
Council decision: NO OBJECTION
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Proposal
(T1) Cherry Plum - Pollard stems by up to 4m (T2) Robinia - Remove major deadwood (T3) Cherry Plum - Fell to ground level
- Received
- 9 July 2024
- Council
- Test Valley Borough Council
- Ward
- MID TEST
- Agent
- Tree Technique Ltd
- ReceivedReceived9 Jul
- ValidatedValidated9 Jul
- Consult.Consultation30 Jul
- TargetTarget Date20 Aug
- DecidedDecided14 Aug
Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Old Rectory Church Lane Houghton Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6LJ. Test Valley has handled 2,853 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Test Valley's typical decision time. The site is in the Houghton and Bossington conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications 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
- 9 July 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 30 July 2024
- Consultation start
- 9 July 2024
- Consultation end
- 30 July 2024
- Last date for comments
- 31 July 2024
- Target decision date
- 20 August 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Tree Technique Ltd
- Agent address
- Longacre Firsdown Salisbury SP4 6DT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13229373
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
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 (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.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20231 Sep
T1 - Horse Chestnut - reduce canopy overhanging garden of Old Rectory only by up to 3m, T2 - Ash - Remove…
ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH23/02254/TREES - 20152 Jan
T1 - Horse Chestnut - Pollard to major three way fork. G1 - Group of Ash - crown raise by 1.5m. T2 - Ash…
ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH15/00001/TREES - 201012 Jan
Reduce large, low limb back from roof on one Cherry Plum tree to give two metre clearance. Remove low limb…
ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH10/00064/TREES - 200821 Nov
Fell 1 Silver Maple and 1 Cherry tree, raise crown of row of Sycamore trees and remove deadwood to 1 Sycamore…
ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH08/02784/TREES - 200818 Apr
Reduction in height of boundary Yew tree/hedge between Glebe House and The Old Rectory. Remove top of Yew…
ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH08/01055/TREES - 200510 Oct
Fell 1 Acer tree and works to 1 Taxus Baccata tree.
ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH05/00475/TREES
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