Land At Fernhill South Of High Street Wootton Isle Of Wight Data via plota.co.uk

26/01221/TW - Tree Works (Five Day Notice) Approved

Proposal

**5 Day Notice** T16; Large, mature Lime with a co-dominant stem, (positioned centrally within the woodland) - Fell. Reason: The tree is in a critically poor and hazardous condition, with a clear risk of imminent failure abundant Kretzschmaria deusta present at the stem base, as shown in the attached photographs. The stem is critically decayed, with very limited remaining sound sapwood. A nylon-hammer assessment produced a very poor sound response, indicating a substantially hollow stem and a significant risk of brittle fracture. During inspection, sections of the remaining outer wood were so degraded that they broke away by hand easily. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 04:02

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Application progress

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Received

4 Sept 2026

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Approved

14 Sept 2026

Approved on 14 Sept 2026 · Planning Officer Delegated Decision · Last checked 20 Sept 2026

Documents 4

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.

Public bridleway 11 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Special area of conservation 216 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.

National landscape 9 m away: Isle Of Wight

Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.

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.

Also on the record

SSSI 216 m away: Briddlesford Copses SSSI; Inside the Wootton (Isle of Wight) built-up area; 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 listed building at the site

Checked on 11 September 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

Council: Isle of Wight
Application type: Tree Works (Five Day Notice)
Received: 4 Sept 2026
Validated: 4 Sept 2026
Ward: Wootton Bridge
Parish: Wootton Bridge
Case officer: Show
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 14 Sept 2026
Decision level: Planning Officer Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Robert Goode

How this decision compares

Decided in 10 days from validation, 32 days faster than Isle of Wight's median of 42 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one10d

Council42d

UK36d

79%decided within 8 weeks

96%approved

301decided 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 20 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15203150
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