Jordans Shirnall Hill Upper Farringdon Alton Hampshire GU34 3DS Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/02709/TCA - Tree in a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

1 x Hazel clump - To pollard 1 x Beech - To reduce by 3m on overall canopy 1 x Walnut - To reduce by 1m on overall canopy. To reduce 1 x southern sector limb by 3-4m to balance overall tree. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Jul 2026
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Approved
18 Sept 2026

Approved on 18 Sept 2026 · LA Delegated Decision · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Site constraints 8

Grade II listed: Jordans
List entry 1179280 · The pin is inside its outline · 3 more listed buildings within 150 m (3 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.
Farringdon conservation area
Also Farringdon. 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: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
National infrastructure project 926 m away: Southampton to London Pipeline Project
The site is 926 m from the project boundary. Pipeline, 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 ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Upper Farringdon built-up area; 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 Planning Inspectorate, 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

Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Postcode
GU34 3DS
Received
10 Jul 2026
Validated
10 Jul 2026
Ward
Binsted, Bentley & Selborne Ward
Parish
Farringdon Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
21 Aug 2026
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
18 Sept 2026
Decision level
LA Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Arborlec services ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 70 days from validation, 27 days slower than South Downs's median of 43 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

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

No public comments yet.

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 24 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15071895
Planning Portal ref
PP-15071895
Statutory expiry
21 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

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