1 Westcross Cottages Shirnall Hill Upper Farringdon Alton Hampshire GU34 3DS Data via plota.co.uk

Pending SDNP/26/03873/TCA

Trees & landscaping

Council

South Downs

Date received

7 Oct 2026

Date validated

7 Oct 2026

Postcode

GU34 3DS

Description

Reducing size of beech in back garden by up to 40% from current height circa 18m. Reduce size of neighbouring cherry by 25%. Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 06:54

Decision outlook

Plota predicts a decision between 18 Nov 2026 and 25 Nov 2026, from South Downs's recent tree and landscaping works.

Day 2 of the 56-day target. South Downs usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 43.

prediction

Day 254 days to the 56-day target

76%decided within 8 weeks

97%approved

445decided in the last year

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

Site constraints 8

4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Jordans, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 4 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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0 mJordansGrade II
82 mHawthorn CottageGrade II
85 mHolly CottageGrade II
144 mWest Cross CottageGrade II

Historic England ↗

South Downs National Park

The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.

Farringdon conservation area

Also Farringdon. 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.

Council document ↗

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

National infrastructure project about 926 m away: Southampton to London Pipeline Project

The site is about 926 m from the project boundary. Pipeline, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Also on the record

Inside the Upper Farringdon built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 8 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 Planning Inspectorate, 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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