The Old School House Watch Lane Freefolk Whitchurch Hampshire RG28 7NL Data via plota.co.uk

T/00394/26/TCA - Works to Trees - Conservation Areas Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Fell and remove the conifer to ground level. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Aug 2026
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Approved
23 Sept 2026

Approved on 23 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents 7

Plans & drawings 1

IMG SKETCH PLAN Supporting Documents · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF LAVERSTOKE AND FREEFOLK PARISH COUNCIL Consultee Comment · 16 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 5

IMG PHOTO Supporting Documents · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ IMG PHOTO Supporting Documents · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ IMG PHOTO Supporting Documents · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ IMG PHOTO Supporting Documents · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED WORKS Supporting Documents · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

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.
Laverstoke and Freefolk conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
SSSI 55 m away: River Test 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.
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; 2 listed buildings within 150 m; Registered park or garden 182 m away: Laverstoke Park; Priority habitat 18 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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. 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.

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Important details

Council
Basingstoke
Application type
Works to Trees - Conservation Areas
Postcode
RG28 7NL
Received
24 Aug 2026
Validated
24 Aug 2026
Ward
Whitchurch, Overton & Laverstoke
Parish
LAVERSTOKE CP
Case officer
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Target decision
5 Oct 2026
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
23 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 30 days from validation, about the council's usual 28 days. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

98%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
350decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 24 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
14 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
5 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

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Basingstoke
Planning Authority Score
5.1/10
Average
#143 of 296 councils
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Other decisions

Basingstoke ranks #189 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Basingstoke decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #75 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #49 of 296
59%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #189 of 296
46%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #198 of 296
75%
Minor dwellings approved
150 decided (1-9 homes)
63%
Major dwellings approved
19 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
32 decided
1,076
Total decisions
90 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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