Shepherds Cottage Winchester Road Wherwell Andover Hampshire SP11 7JL Data via plota.co.uk

26/00855/TREEN - TREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - NORTH Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

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Application progress

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Received
27 Apr 2026
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Consultation
27 Apr 2026
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Approved
29 May 2026

Approved on 29 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 3

PDF DELEGATED Officer Report · 29 May 2026 View ↗ PDF NO OBJECTION Decision Notice · 29 May 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED Officer Report · 29 May 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

IMG SKETCH PLAN Supporting Information · 27 Apr 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF WHERWELL PARISH COUNCIL Consultation Responses · 1 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Toll Cottage, Grade II, about 0 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
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.
Wherwell conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Priority habitat: No main habitat but additional habitats present
A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.
Agricultural land, grade 5
Very poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
SSSI about 13 m away: River Test 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: Wood pasture and parkland
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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 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
Test Valley
Application type
TREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - NORTH
Postcode
SP11 7JL
Received
27 Apr 2026
Validated
27 Apr 2026
Ward
HAREWOOD
Parish
WHERWELL
Case officer
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Target decision
8 Jun 2026
Decision
NO OBJECTION refer to informatives
Decision date
29 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Mulberry Tree Services

How this decision compares

Decided in 32 days from validation, about the council's usual 31 days. Approved, as 95% of tree and landscaping works here are.

97%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
481decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14886777
Consultation
27 Apr 2026
Comments by
18 May 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

19 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2024 Approved
Toll Cottage Winchester Road Wherwell Andover Hampshire SP11 7JL
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24/00841/FULLN
2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
Toll Cottage Winchester Road Wherwell Andover Hampshire SP11 7JL
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23/02830/TREEN
2023 Approved
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T1 - Ash x2 - fell, T2 - Ash - fell, T3 - Elm x9 - fell, T4 - Ash x5 - fell
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2023 Approved
Toll Cottage Winchester Road Wherwell Andover Hampshire SP11 7JL
T1 - Ash x2 - fell, T2 - Ash - fell, T3 - Elm x9 - fell, T4 - Ash x5 - fell
23/01862/TREEN
2023 Withdrawn
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2023 Withdrawn
Toll Cottage Winchester Road Wherwell Andover Hampshire SP11 7JL
Two-storey side extension partial replacement thatched roof, alterations to windows and d…
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2023 Withdrawn
Toll Cottage Winchester Road Wherwell Andover Hampshire SP11 7JL
Two-storey side extension partial replacement thatched roof, alterations to windows and d…
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2023 Withdrawn
Toll Cottage Winchester Road Wherwell Andover Hampshire SP11 7JL
Two-storey side extension partial replacement thatched roof, alterations to windows and d…
23/00572/LBWN
2022 Approved
Toll Cottage Winchester Road Wherwell Andover Hampshire SP11 7JL
T3 - Ash - Fell, T6 and T7 - Yew - Fell
22/02737/TREEN
2022 Approved
Toll Cottage Winchester Road Wherwell Andover Hampshire SP11 7JL
T3 - Ash - Fell, T6 and T7 - Yew - Fell
22/02737/TREEN
2022 Approved
Land Opposite Toll Cottage Winchester Road Wherwell Andover Hampshire SP11 7JL
To fell a dangerous Ash tree, sited alongside a main road.
22/03150/DDCA
2022 Approved
Land Opposite Toll Cottage Winchester Road Wherwell Andover Hampshire SP11 7JL
To fell a dangerous Ash tree, sited alongside a main road.
22/03150/DDCA
2021 Approved
Wherwell Priory Church Street Wherwell Andover Hampshire SP11 7JH
(T1-T8) Sycamore - fell (G1) Hazel - coppice
21/02571/TREEN
2021 Approved
Toll Cottage Winchester Road Wherwell Andover SP11 7JL
T1 - Ash - Fell, T2 - Ash - Fell, T3 - Ash and Sycamore - Fell
21/02250/TREEN
2021 Approved
Toll Cottage Winchester Road Wherwell SP11 7JL Andover SP11 7JL
Application for a lawful development certificate for proposed use of Toll Cottage for sho…
21/01532/CLPN
2020 Approved
Toll Cottage And Woodland Adjacent Winchester Road Wherwell Andover Hampshire SP11 7JL
T1 - Ash - Fell, T2 - Ash - Fell, T3 - Yew - Lift canopy over road to 5.5 metres (3.5 met…
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2016 Approved
Toll Cottage Winchester Road Wherwell Andover Hampshire SP11 7JL
T1 Yew - Reduce by 25% (2m). T2 Sycamore - Fell. T3 Ash - Fell. T4 Field Maple - Fell. T5…
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Test Valley
Planning Authority Score
7.8/10
Good
#32 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Test Valley is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #71 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
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Test Valley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #68 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #62 of 296
76%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #71 of 296
31%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #61 of 296
70%
Minor dwellings approved
96 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
5 decided (10+ homes)
88%
Change of use approved
50 decided
996
Total decisions
72 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings