The Old Mill High Street Selborne Alton Hampshire GU34 3LG Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/03007/TCA - Tree in a Conservation Area Application in Progress

Proposal

Fell 2 x firs (T1 and T2) Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

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Received
3 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 14 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 67.

Documents 2

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show General Comment · 17 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 11

Grade II listed: The Old Mill
List entry 1174787 · The pin is inside its outline · 4 more listed buildings within 150 m (4 Grade II)
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 ↗
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.
Selborne New 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 ↗
Habitat network: Priority Rivers
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Special area of conservation 318 m away: East Hampshire Hangers; Radon affected area, class 4; SSSI 318 m away: Coombe Wood and The Lythe SSSI; Registered park or garden 228 m away: The Wakes; Inside the Selborne built-up area; Priority habitat 15 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £1,400,000 in November 2006. Detached house, freehold.

30 November 2006£1,400,000
29 October 1999£675,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Postcode
GU34 3LG
Received
3 Aug 2026
Validated
3 Aug 2026
Ward
Binsted, Bentley & Selborne Ward
Parish
Selborne Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
14 Sept 2026
Decision level
LA Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 67, past the statutory target. 95% of tree and landscaping works in South Downs are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 2 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

Day 6711 days past the 56-day target
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 →

Public comments

1comment received
1 neutral

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15124812
Planning Portal ref
PP-15124812
Statutory expiry
14 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.