Borthwood Copse Alverstone Road Newchurch Isle Of Wight Data via plota.co.uk

26/00199/TW - Tree Works to TPO Withdrawn

Proposal

Road side trees (Oaks and other trees that are roadside on boundary of Borthwood Copse) - Raise all trees to 6m high, as measured from the edge of the highway vertically; Remove all arisings from site, no blowing back into woodlands. Reason: Trees are overhanging the highway. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
12 Feb 2026
✓
Validated
16 Feb 2026
−
Withdrawn
16 Feb 2026

Withdrawn on 16 Feb 2026 · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 7

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.
Public footpath about 5 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
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
National landscape about 145 m away: Isle Of Wight; Priority habitat about 5 m away: Deciduous woodland; Inside the Winford (Isle of Wight) 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 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 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
Tree Works to TPO
Postcode
PO36 0LE
Received
12 Feb 2026
Validated
16 Feb 2026
Ward
Newchurch Havenstreet And Ashey
Parish
Newchurch
Case officer
Show
Decision
Application Withdrawn
Decision date
16 Feb 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Groundsell Contracting Ltd

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14696654
Planning Portal ref
PP-14696654
Statutory expiry
13 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No
Isle of Wight
Planning Authority Score
8.9/10
Excellent
#7 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Isle of Wight is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #11 out of 296. Only 15% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Isle of Wight decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #84 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #81 of 296
92%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #11 of 296
15%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #11 of 296
84%
Minor dwellings approved
144 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
94%
Change of use approved
34 decided
792
Total decisions
63 refused in the year to March 2026