21 Leydene Park East Meon Petersfield Hampshire GU32 1HF Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/01156/TPO - Tree Preservation Order Approved

Proposal

Yew trees - Reshape which will require them to be reduced by approx 2-3 feet. 4 x Sycamores - Crown reduction on each of these of approx 4-5 metres, also remove 4 small horizontal limbs. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Mar 2026
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Validated
20 May 2026
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Approved
3 Jul 2026

Approved on 3 Jul 2026 · LA Delegated Decision · Last checked 28 Jul 2026

Site constraints 8

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.
South Downs 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.
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Scheduled monument 119 m away: Leydene Ditches
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Nature improvement area: South Downs Way Ahead; Tree preservation order 13 m away: (EH384)97.
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 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £849,000 in April 2005. Detached house, freehold.

28 April 2005£849,000

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

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Important details

Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Postcode
GU32 1HF
Received
24 Mar 2026
Validated
20 May 2026
Ward
Buriton & East Meon Ward
Parish
East Meon Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
15 Jul 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
3 Jul 2026
Decision level
LA Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 44 days from validation, about the council's usual 44 days. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

72%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
679decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14800143
Planning Portal ref
PP-14800143
Statutory expiry
15 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use