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3 Copperwood Holt Close Wickham Fareham Hampshire PO17 5EY

25/02490/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 23 February 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

G1 - Group of three Portuguese Laurels - Reduce by 3-4m to reduce end weight and manage loading on poor unions. G2 - Group of English Laurels - Reduce and reshape by 3-4m to form uniform hedge. T3 - Sycamore - Pollard to 6m historic pollard point to ease loading on union. G3 - Sycamore x3 saplings - Fell to ground self set saplings that will compete with mature oak if left. T4 - Yew - Reduce whole canopy by 2-3m to stop canopy smothering mature oak. G4 - Group of three Holly clumps - Fell to ground level so we survey base of three mature oaks.

Received
5 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
SOUTHWICK AND WICKHAM WARD
Agent
Southern Arboriculture Ltd
  1. Received5 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.9 Jan
  4. Target3 Feb
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 76 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 Copperwood Holt Close Wickham Fareham Hampshire PO17 5EY. Winchester has handled 1,052 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 3 weeks longer than Winchester's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across SOUTHWICK AND WICKHAM WARD. We hold 474 applications in total for the PO17 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
PO17 5EY
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wickham And Knowle

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2025
Last date for comments
9 January 2026
Target decision date
3 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Southern Arboriculture Ltd
Agent address
Mitchelland Farm Cottage Common Lane Fareham PO17 6BD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14545030
Documents
4
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: WickhamNext to the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Lower Wickham LodgeOn or next to this site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: WickhamNext to the 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 (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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