181-183 Havant Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0LG Data via plota.co.uk

APP/26/00114 - Consent under Tree Preservation Orders Approved

Proposal

1No Cherry tree (T1) reduce 2m back from the rear of the store. Group of mixed species trees (G1) that requires selectively thinning to remove pest habitat. Fell Elder trees. Cutting and clearance of overgrown vacant land at the rear of the site. The area of the works will terminate at the hedge row under the powerlines as the assumed boundary of the site. Within group G1, subject to TPO 1886 Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 Feb 2026
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Approved
31 Mar 2026

Approved on 31 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Aug 2026

Site constraints 11

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Water SPA/Ramsar, Solent Maritime SAC, Portsmouth Harbour SPA/Ramsar
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
3 Article 4 directions
0164B3 · 0164B1 · 0164B2. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Special area of conservation about 75 m away: Hayling Billy
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
SSSI about 85 m away: Langstone Harbour SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Stoke built-up area; Tree preservation order about 25 m away: 1696; Priority habitat about 31 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 1, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Havant
Application type
Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
Postcode
PO11 0LG
Received
19 Feb 2026
Validated
19 Feb 2026
Ward
Hayling West
Case officer
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Target decision
16 Apr 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
31 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Other - Ground Control Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 40 days from validation, 6 days faster than Havant's median of 46 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 85% of tree and landscaping works here are.

63%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
123decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Havant in the last twelve months, from validation. Havant decision record →

Public comments

4comments received
4 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

Last counted 22 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Havant
Planning Authority Score
3/10
Poor
#235 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Havant is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #283 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 59% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Havant decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #39 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #78 of 296
31%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #283 of 296
59%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #264 of 296
82%
Minor dwellings approved
17 decided (1-9 homes)
57%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
86%
Change of use approved
21 decided
408
Total decisions
26 refused in the year to March 2026