Woodland Cottage The Causeway Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9TN Data via plota.co.uk

26/01076/TW - Tree Works to TPO Approved

Proposal

This application includes trees covered by TPO and Conservation Area: T1 & T2; Maple - Raise and reduce the crown on the western side to provide 2m clearance to the building. Reason: Abate nuisance and prevent damage to the building. T3; Sycamore - Fell dying stem to near ground level. Reason: Tree is dying due to sooty bark disease. T4; Turkey oak - Remove one lowest live branch and remove dead wood. Reason: Allow access under the tree, via the adjacent gateway. T5; Birch - Fell and remove stump. Reason: Tree has been planted too close to the building. T6; Maple - Raise and reduce the crown on the southern side to provide 3m clearance to the building. Reason: Abate nuisance and prevent damage to the building. G7; Hornbeam - Fell to ground level and remove stumps. Reason: Planted as part of a garden design at very close spacing. Not allow for full future maturity of the trees at such close proximity to the house. T8; Lawson cypress - Raise crown to 4.5m from the ground over the driveway access. Reason: Allow free access across the driveway. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

6 Aug 2026

✓

Approved

17 Sept 2026

Approved on 17 Sept 2026 · Planning Officer Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Sept 2026

Documents 4

Site constraints 9

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.

Isle Of Wight National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

In flood zones plus climate change

Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.

Flood map ↗

Agricultural land, grade 2

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. 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.

Special protection area 95 m away: Solent & Southampton Water

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

SSSI 19 m away: Freshwater Marshes 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.

Public bridleway 25 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 1

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

Also on the record

Priority habitat 18 m away: Deciduous woodland.

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 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £760,000 in June 2026. Detached house, freehold.

25 June 2026£760,000

13 May 2013£350,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area163 m² (1,755 sq ft)

Energy ratingC (73 out of 100), could reach B

PropertyDetached bungalow, 3 habitable rooms

Built2012 to 2021

HeatingBoiler and underfloor heating, mains gas

WallsTimber frame, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2025, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Isle of Wight
Application type: Tree Works to TPO
Postcode: PO40 9TN
Received: 6 Aug 2026
Validated: 6 Aug 2026
Ward: Freshwater South
Parish: Freshwater
Case officer: Show
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 17 Sept 2026
Decision level: Planning Officer Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 42 days from validation, about the council's usual 42 days. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one42d

Council42d

UK36d

79%decided within 8 weeks

96%approved

332decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 22 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 1 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

5 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved

**5 Day Emergency Application** T1; Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) - Dismantle…

23/01306/TW 4 Aug 2023

2021 Withdrawn

T1: Indian Bean Tree(Catalpa Bignoides) - Dismantle and replant with tree in keeping with…

21/01724/TW 24 Nov 2021

2020 Approved

T1 Sycamore situated as detailed in application is to be felled to near ground level. T2…

20/01459/TW 3 Dec 2020

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2017 Approved

Woodland Cottage The Causeway Freshwater PO40 9TN

TW/0367/17 11 Oct 2017

2017 Refused

2 Parkside The Causeway Freshwater PO40 9TN

TW/0105/17 6 Apr 2017

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.