Chawton Village Hall Winchester Road Chawton Alton Hampshire GU34 1SD Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/01099/TCA - Tree in a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

(1) 1x Lime - carry out a crown reduction and shape. -To reduce the height by approx 3-4 meters leaving the overall height of 18-19 meters. -To reduce the North sector by approx 2-3 meters leaving an overall branch length of 7-8 meters. -To reduce the East sector by approx 2-3 meters leaving an overall branch length of 7-8 meters. -To reduce the South sector by approx 1-2 meters leaving an overall branch length of 7-8 meters. -To reduce the West sector by approx 1-2 meters leaving an overall branch length of 7-8 meters. (2) 1x Lime removed due to failure - Permission sought from Ian Brewster (3)- 1x Lime i - carry out a 30% Pollard - The Tree is showing signs of decline, getting in close proximity to the property. -To reduce the height by approx 2-3 meters leaving the overall height of 12-13 meters -To reduce the South sector by approx 2-3 meters leaving an overall branch length of 5-6 meters. -To reduce the East sector by approx 2-3 meters leaving an overall branch length of 5-6 meters. -To reduce the West sector by approx 2-3 meters leaving an overall branch length of 5-6 meters. Data via plota.co.uk

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Received

19 Mar 2026

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Approved

20 Apr 2026

Approved on 20 Apr 2026 · LA Delegated Decision · Last checked 28 Jul 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

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Application forms 1

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All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea

Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

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 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.

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

8 listed buildings within 150 m

Nearest: The Dower House, Grade II, 28 m away · 1 Grade I, 7 Grade II

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Show all 8 with distances

28 mThe Dower HouseGrade II
44 mIvy CottageGrade II
61 mSpringfield, Nos 1 and 2Grade II
80 mContent, Stencott, the Cottage, and the VillageGrade II
86 mClinkersGrade II
112 mBakehouse and Stables 20 Metres North of Jane Austen's HouseGrade II
113 mJane Austen's HouseGrade I
115 mDenmead CottageGrade II

Historic England ↗

National infrastructure project 891 m away: Southampton to London Pipeline Project

The site is 891 m from the project boundary. Pipeline, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Also on the record

Registered park or garden 140 m away: Chawton House; Tree preservation order 12 m away: (EH274)92; Priority habitat 12 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh.

Not affected

Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, 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.

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Important details

Council: South Downs
Application type: Tree in a Conservation Area
Postcode: GU34 1SD
Received: 19 Mar 2026
Validated: 19 Mar 2026
Ward: Four Marks & Medstead Ward
Parish: Chawton Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 30 Apr 2026
Decision: Raise No Objection
Decision date: 20 Apr 2026
Decision level: LA Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Green Frontiers

How this decision compares

Decided in 32 days from validation, 11 days faster than South Downs's median of 43 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one32d

Council43d

UK36d

76%decided within 8 weeks

97%approved

445decided 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 →