Rectory Cottage Houghton Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6LH

25/00821/TREESTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTHApproved

Approved on 13 May 2025

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

T1 - Mixed Species - Prune back over-hanging branches by up to 4m to a maximum height of 5m from ground level

Received: 9 April 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Test Valley Borough Council
Ward: MID TEST

ReceivedReceived9 Apr
ValidatedValidated9 Apr
Consult.Consultation30 Apr
TargetTarget Date21 May
DecidedDecided13 May

Decided in 34 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Rectory Cottage Houghton Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6LH. Test Valley has handled 2,853 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 2 weeks quicker 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 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 266 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 6LH
Application type: TREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH
Scale / size: Small
Parish: HOUGHTON

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 April 2025
Consultation expiry: 30 April 2025
Consultation start: 9 April 2025
Consultation end: 30 April 2025
Last date for comments: 1 May 2025
Target decision date: 21 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: RBS Treeworks
Agent address: 60 St Blaize Road Romsey SO51 7LW

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13934917
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: Grotto Doorway From Road Into Garden, 150 Metres South West of Houghton LodgeOn 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.

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Source: Test Valley

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