Tree Adjacent Entrance To Lakeside High Street Wootton Isle Of Wight Data via plota.co.uk

26/00866/TW - Tree Works to TPO Approved

Proposal

T1; London Plane - Lift crown, reduce all highly extended limbs that protrude from the main crown back to the main crown profile. Reduce the primary branch (attached at 1.6m on the west side) by 3-4m vertically and 2-3m laterally. This reduction to include the second (shorter) limb attached higher up that grows out in the same direction over the road. All reductions to be made to appropriate growth points, at least 1/3 the diameter of the adjacent pruning point. Reason: To provide the minimum required clearance of 3 metres for footpaths and 6 metres for roads. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
24 Jun 2026
✓
Approved
19 Aug 2026

Approved on 19 Aug 2026 · Planning Officer Delegated Decision · Last checked 21 Aug 2026

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.
Special area of conservation about 209 m away: Briddlesford Copses
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.
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
SSSI about 209 m away: Briddlesford Copses SSSI; Inside the Wootton (Isle of Wight) built-up area; Flood defence about 39 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Priority habitat about 41 m away: Saline lagoons; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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
PO33 4LJ
Received
24 Jun 2026
Validated
24 Jun 2026
Ward
Wootton Bridge
Parish
Wootton Bridge
Case officer
Show
Decision
Granted
Decision date
19 Aug 2026
Decision level
Planning Officer Delegated Decision
Agent
Island Roads

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 14 days slower than Isle of Wight's median of 42 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.

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 21 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
19 Aug 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