Brookfield Brook Village Road Brighstone Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 4EJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/01482/TW - Tree Works in Conservation Area Registered

Proposal

T1; Willow - Pollard at previously established knuckles Reason: to rejuvenate. T2 ; Cercis - Resting in adjacent rowan. Reduce branch tips of cercis from crown of rowan, whilst maintaining contact between the two trees Reason: to ensure stability of the cercis and enable rowan crown to recover. T3; Cedar - Remove lowest 3 limbs (crown lift) to approx. 3.5m. T4; Yew - Remove lowest live limb overgrowing shed (crown lift) to approx. 3m and remove various small, dead limbs to clean stem to 3.5m. G1; Bay - reduce height of bay clumps by approx. 3m Reason: to simplify future management Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
26 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 21 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 9 Dec 2026 and 21 Dec 2026, from Isle of Wight's recent tree and landscaping works.

Site constraints 6

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.
Heritage coast: Tennyson
A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.
Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.
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.
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
1 listed building within 150 m; Priority habitat 16 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 27 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.

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Important details

Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area
Postcode
PO30 4EJ
Received
26 Oct 2026
Validated
26 Oct 2026
Ward
Brighstone Calbourne And Shalfleet
Parish
Brighstone
Case officer
Show
Applicant
Show
Agent
Dryad Woodland Enterprise

Decision outlook

Day 2 of the 56-day target. Isle of Wight usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 51.

Day 254 days to the 56-day target
64%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
525decided 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

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Last counted 27 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15322444
Planning Portal ref
PP-15322444
Statutory expiry
7 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No
Isle of Wight
Planning Authority Score
8.9/10
Excellent
#7 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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
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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