Street Record Meredith Close Christchurch BH23 3TX Data via plota.co.uk

P/26/04022/TTPO - Tree work to tree/s subject to a TPO Approved

Proposal

T1 (T3-on plan) - Willow - Prune to create 2m clearance from lamppost. (Land to s/o 31 Meredith Close). Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 06:56

Application progress

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Received

20 Aug 2026

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Approved

17 Sept 2026

Approved on 17 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents 4

Site constraints 8

Article 4 direction

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

Local nature reserve about 43 m away: Purewell Meadows

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.

National infrastructure project about 596 m away: Navitus Bay Wind Park

The site is about 596 m from the project boundary. Generating station, 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 ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

SSSI about 227 m away: Purewell Meadows SSSI; Inside the Christchurch (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) built-up area; Priority habitat about 43 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh; 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 scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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: BCP
Application type: Tree work to tree/s subject to a TPO
Postcode: BH23 3TX
Received: 20 Aug 2026
Validated: 20 Aug 2026
Ward: Christchurch Town
Parish: Christchurch Town Council
Case officer: Show
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 17 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Primary Tree Surgeons Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 30 days faster than BCP's median of 58 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one28d

Council58d

UK36d

45%decided within 8 weeks

96%approved

1,638decided in the last year

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

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved

29 Meredith Close Christchurch BH23 3TU

T1 - Goat Willow - reduce branches away from lamp column by 2m - crown raise to 3mts over…

8/23/0163/TTPO 28 Apr 2023

2020 Approved

7 Ladysmith Close Christchurch BH23 3DR

Eucalyptus Reduce in height by 3m and reduce spread of the tree to gain 2m clearance from…

8/20/0922/TTPO 29 Dec 2020

2019 Approved

29 Ladysmith Close, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 3DR

Mesh flight cage joined to existing conservatory. Mesh panels on 3 sides sat on wood slee…

8/19/0893/HOU 27 Sep 2019

2016 Approved

53 Ladysmith Close, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 3DR

Erection of a fence with gate along the side boundary involving removal of existing hedges

8/16/1002/HOU 16 Sep 2016

BCP

Planning Authority Score

1.7/10

Poor

#279 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

BCP is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #256 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 60% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines

expect longer than the statutory limit

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

BCP decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

83%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #233 of 296

88%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #214 of 296

44%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #256 of 296

60%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #267 of 296

67%

Minor dwellings approved

346 decided (1-9 homes)

68%

Major dwellings approved

56 decided (10+ homes)

81%

Change of use approved

78 decided

2,244

Total decisions

392 refused in the year to March 2026