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Driving Test Centre Christchurch Road Winchester Hampshire SO23 9SY

24/02701/TPCTree In A Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 3 February 2025

Council decision: That no objection be raisedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

(amended)G1 - Mixed species - car park - Reduce and/or remove low branches around car park to raise canopy to 3m as needed - reason raise crown G2 - Cherry x 2 - location: What3words: flipper.obstinate.breathy - Reduce and/or remove branches to allow a clearance of 1.5m only from the building - reason clear building G3 - Carpinus betula x 3 - location: What3words:headlines.warblers.dribble - Reduce and/or remove branches to allow a 1.5 m only clearance from the building - reason clear building T1 - Fagus sylvatica - location: What3words:princely.mindset.spill - Remove lowest limb over building and reduce remaining branches over building to allow a 3m only clearance - reason clear building

Received
11 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
ST MICHAEL WARD
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated11 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Jan
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Driving Test Centre Christchurch Road Winchester Hampshire SO23 9SY. Winchester has handled 1,052 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in the Winchester conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 158 applications across ST MICHAEL WARD. We hold 617 applications in total for the SO23 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at Winchester City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SO23 9SY
Application type
Tree In A Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Winchester Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 December 2024
Target decision date
22 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bartlett Tree Experts
Agent address
Compound E Parley Wood Business Park Barrack Road West Parley, Ferndown BH22 8FU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13630696
Documents
3
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Winchester
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Itchen SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation · +1 more
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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.

Source: Winchester

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