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.

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). 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. A site survey can differ.

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.

National infrastructure project 28 m away: Hampshire Water Transfer and Water Recycling Project

The site is 28 m from the project boundary. Dam or reservoir, accepted for examination. Also within 2 km: AQUIND Interconnector (awaiting the Secretary of State's decision, 179 m).

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 ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

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; SSSI 300 m away: Portsdown SSSI.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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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Important details

Council: Portsmouth
Application type: Hedgerow Removal
Received: 31 Aug 2026
Validated: 31 Aug 2026
Ward: Cosham
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 11 Oct 2026
Decision: Approve
Decision date: 12 Oct 2026
Decision level: Fully Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 42 days from validation, 11 days faster than Portsmouth's median of 53 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one42d

Council53d

UK36d

99%decided within 8 weeks

100%approved

70decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 13 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15193686
Planning Portal ref: PP-15193686
Comments by: 24 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 11 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022

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Construction of one double garage.

20/01162/HOU 10 Mar 2021

Portsmouth

Planning Authority Score

3.1/10

Poor

#232 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Portsmouth ranks #188 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 48% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Portsmouth decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

86%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #196 of 296

89%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #207 of 296

60%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #188 of 296

48%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #217 of 296

61%

Minor dwellings approved

44 decided (1-9 homes)

90%

Major dwellings approved

10 decided (10+ homes)

77%

Change of use approved

99 decided

613

Total decisions

85 refused in the year to March 2026