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31 Betteridge Drive Rownhams Southampton Hampshire SO16 8LE

26/00344/DDTPODEAD AND DANGEROUS TREE PRESERVATION ORDApproved

Approved on 19 February 2026

Council decision: Fell Dangerous TPO Tree DDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Fell and remove 3x dangerous Tilia within rear garden (TPO.TVBC.419), as all show evidence of Kretchmeria deusta, and replace with 3x Standard Field Maple.

Received
19 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
CHILWORTH, NURSLING & ROWNHAMS
  1. Received19 Feb
  2. Validated19 Feb
  3. Consult.23 Feb
  4. Target24 Feb
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 0 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 31 Betteridge Drive Rownhams Southampton Hampshire SO16 8LE. Test Valley has handled 2,853 applications of this type. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across CHILWORTH, NURSLING & ROWNHAMS. We hold 476 applications in total for the SO16 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
SO16 8LE
Application type
DEAD AND DANGEROUS TREE PRESERVATION ORD
Scale / size
Small
Parish
NURSLING AND ROWNHAMS

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 February 2026
Consultation expiry
23 February 2026
Consultation start
19 February 2026
Consultation end
23 February 2026
Last date for comments
23 February 2026
Target decision date
24 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
5 days

Additional information

Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    19 Feb

    Fell and remove 3x dangerous Tilia within rear garden (TPO.TVBC.419), as all show evidence of Kretchmeria…

    This applicationApprovedTrees26/00344/DDTPO
  2. 2026
    17 Feb

    G1 Limes - Fell 3x Limes to ground level

    WithdrawnTREE WORKS WITHIN TPO - SOUTHFiled alongside26/00328/TPOS

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