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26/00185EXW - Trees - Exempt Works Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

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Received
20 Feb 2026
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Approved
20 Feb 2026

Approved on 20 Feb 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 26 Jul 2026

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Site constraints 14

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 ↗
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.
New Forest 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.
Beaulieu 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 ↗
3 Article 4 directions
Article 4 Direction Np New Forest Campsite · Article 4 Direction Np New Forest Recreational Campsite · Hovercraft in the Solent. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Public footpath 10 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.
National nature reserve 27 m away: North Solent
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.
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. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. 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.
SSSI 27 m away: North Solent 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.
19 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Mill Cottage and Attached Service Courtyard, Grade II, 19 m away · 2 Grade II*, 17 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.
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Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Scheduled monument 118 m away: Beaulieu Abbey
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 3; Priority habitat 26 m away: Mudflats.
Not affected
Not green belt

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.

Building

Floor area21 m² (226 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (asset rating 118)
UseA1/A2 Retail and Financial/Professional services
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 2021, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
New Forest (Park)
Application type
Trees - Exempt Works
Postcode
SO42 7YF
Received
20 Feb 2026
Validated
20 Feb 2026
Case officer
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Target decision
24 Feb 2026
Decision
Exempt Works
Decision date
20 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 0 days from validation, 28 days faster than New Forest (Park)'s median of 28 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.

100%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
459decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by New Forest (Park) in the last twelve months, from validation. New Forest (Park) decision record →

Historical activity at this location

8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Curtlemead House, FIRE STATION LANE, BEAULIEU, BROCKENHURST, SO42 7YF
Fell 1 x Holm Oak tree (T1 on the plan) Fell 1 x Hawthorn tree (T2 on the plan) Prune 1 x…
25/00823CONS
2020 Approved
Southern Water co Equans P4 FIRE STATION LANE, BEAULIEU, BROCKENHURST, SO42 7YF
Remove fallen tree
25/00916EXW
2025 Approved
CURTLEMEAD HOUSE, FIRE STATION LANE, BEAULIEU, BROCKENHURST, SO42 7YF
Re-Pollard 2 x Silver Maple trees (T1 & T2 on the plan) Re-Pollard 1 x Ash tree (T3 on th…
25/00428CONS
2021 Approved
CURTLEMEAD HOUSE, FIRE STATION LANE, BEAULIEU, BROCKENHURST, SO42 7YF
Pollard 1 x Oak tree: Arboricultural Maintenance/Management
CONS/21/0073
2020 Approved
CURTLEMEAD HOUSE, FIRE STATION LANE, BEAULIEU, BROCKENHURST, SO42 7YF
Fell 1 x Spruce tree: Tree has exposed roots and lifting slabs
CONS/20/0661
2020 Approved
CURTLE COTTAGE, FIRE STATION LANE, BEAULIEU, BROCKENHURST, SO42 7YF
Prune 1 x Beech tree Prune 1 x Norway Maple tree Prune 1 x Oak tree Prune 1 x Silver Birc…
CONS/20/0131
2019 Approved
CURTLEMEAD HOUSE, FIRE STATION LANE, BEAULIEU, BROCKENHURST, SO42 7YF
Prune 2 x Sycamore tree Prune 2 x Ash trees Prune 1 x Evergreen Oak tree: Arboricultural…
CONS/19/0017
2016 Approved
CURTLEMEAD, FIRE STATION LANE, BEAULIEU, BROCKENHURST, SO42 7YF
Prune 2 x Sycamore trees Prune 2 x Ash trees Prune 2 x Sycamore trees Prune 2 x Ash trees…
CONS/16/0014
New Forest (Park)
Planning Authority Score
3.3/10
Poor
#226 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

New Forest (Park) is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #254 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
New Forest (Park) decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #136 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #160 of 296
45%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #254 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #180 of 296
75%
Minor dwellings approved
28 decided (1-9 homes)
50%
Major dwellings approved
4 decided (10+ homes)
83%
Change of use approved
18 decided
487
Total decisions
55 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.