The Old Cottage, COWPITTS LANE, NORTH POULNER, RINGWOOD, BH24 3JX Data via plota.co.uk

26/00297CONS - Trees - Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Prune 1 x Common Ash tree (T1 on the plan) Fell 1 x Conifer tree (T2 on the plan) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
16 Mar 2026
Validated
17 Mar 2026
Approved
13 Apr 2026

Approved on 13 Apr 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 11 Jul 2026

Site constraints 10

Aerodrome safeguarding zone
Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Avon SAC
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.
New Forest 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.
Western Escarpment 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.
Council document ↗
2 Article 4 directions
Article 4 Direction Np New Forest Campsite · Article 4 Direction Np New Forest Recreational Campsite. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Aerodrome safeguarding zoneCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m; SSSI 466 m away: The New Forest SSSI; Inside the Hangersley built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, 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 11 September 2026. 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

Application type
Trees - Conservation Area
Postcode
BH24 3JX
Received
16 Mar 2026
Validated
17 Mar 2026
Parish
Ringwood Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
26 Apr 2026
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
13 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
The Tree Management Company

How this decision compares

Decided in 27 days from validation, about the council's usual 28 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

100%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
348decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by New Forest (Park) in the last twelve months, from validation. New Forest (Park) decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14784568
Comments by
12 Apr 2026
Site or press notice
16 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
12 Apr 2026
New Forest (Park)
Planning Authority Score
3.3/10
Poor
#226 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

New Forest (Park) is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #254 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
New Forest (Park) decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #136 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #160 of 296
45%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #254 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #180 of 296
75%
Minor dwellings approved
28 decided (1-9 homes)
50%
Major dwellings approved
4 decided (10+ homes)
83%
Change of use approved
18 decided
487
Total decisions
55 refused in the year to March 2026