Planning application
Gurnard Pines Cockleton Lane Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8RA
Works: Trees Small domestic
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Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Amendment to proposed works (received 11.03.2026): 1; Large holm oak - Remove to ground level. Reason: Cavity in stem with heavy lean towards and over road. 2; 2x Large poplar - Reduce by 30% leaving and blending in lower remaining crown. Reason: Require reduction due weight & height and close proximity to neighbouring properties opposite and road. 3; Large poplar - Reduce crown by 30%. Reason: Due to excess leverage. 4; Large oak tree - Remove 5x secondary laterals overhanging path, clean crown and dead wood. Reason; Limbs growing over path and in close proximity to neighbouring property. 5; Various trees on woodland boundary (1x oak, 2x sycamore) - Lift sycamore 5m above ground level. Lift oak 5m above car park level. Tidy pruning stubs. Reason: Low clearance over parking area. 6; One large pine - Dead wood. Reason: Hazardous limbs. 8; Holm oak, dead elms, holm oak stem - Reduce whole crown of main holm oak by 50%, remove separate stem and dead elm to ground level. Reason: Overgrown holm oak with separate stem in amongst cluster of dead elm. 9; Conifers - Raise crown approx 3 metres above ground level. Reason: low clearance over parking bays. 10; Oak trees over path behind cabins - Raise crowns 3m above ground level. Reason: Oak trees on boundary with fields with low clearance to path to cabins 11; Twin stem ash - Crown clean. Reason: Growing in close proximity to building and visibly succumbing to ADB. Likely to shed limbs which would damage property. 12; Oak - Crown clean. Reason: Growing in close proximity to building and visibly succumbing to ADB. 13; Conifers (behind no.1) - Remove to ground level. Reason: Overgrown and within close proximity to property. 14; Multiple Willow trees (top cabin parking area) - Lift goat willows 5m above ground level. Reason: Clearance for parking area. 15; Monterey cypress - Remove.
As published by the council, reference 26/00052/TW
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00052/TW
- Type
- Tree Works to TPO
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 14 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 19 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 16 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Cowes West And Gurnard
- Parish
- Gurnard
- Decision by
- Planning Officer Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- PO31 8RA
Site history
Applications at this address on the Isle of Wight register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00107/TW Withdrawn
Gurnard Pines Cockleton Lane Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8RA
Conifer - Remove central decaying stem back to the main fork where healthy limbs are growing from. Reason: Decaying stem.
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25/01734/RVC Granted
Gurnard Pines Cockleton Lane Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8RA
Removal of condition 2 on TCP/03084/V which restricts occupancy of The Gatehouse
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Jan 2026
Received by Isle of Wight
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19 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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16 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Vectis Arb Ltd Agent, registered in Cowes
Active · incorporated 2025 · Cowes
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
- TREE OFFICER REPORT
- TREE WORKS DECISION NOTICE APPROVAL
- WORKS LIST AND LOCATION PLAN
- AMENDMENTS TO WORKS
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR PROPOSED WORKS
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- GURNARD PINES PLANNING MAP
- TREE REPORT
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Isle of Wight granted permission on 16 March 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Gurnard Pines Cockleton Lane Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8RD
Chalets 95/96: Group 1; Deadwood large Oak trees that overhang the rear gardens of the chalets (overhang from woodland area). Ash Samplings - Remove from gardens Small Ash trees - Remove all with Ash dieback. Chalet 207 and car park: T1; Oak tree - Deadwood complete tree over road and car park area, balance crown over road and chalet to remove the overhang. Chalet 208, car park and road: T2; Oak tree - Deadwood complete tree, raise and balance crown to remove split branches and remove overhang on chalet. Holly tree beneath T2 (Oak tree) - Remove stubs and overhang branches.
Granted Trees 3 docs -
Gurnard Pines Cockleton Lane Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8RA
Conifer - Remove central decaying stem back to the main fork where healthy limbs are growing from. Reason: Decaying stem.
Withdrawn Trees 2 docs -
Gurnard Pines Country Club Gurnard Pines Cockleton Lane Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8QE
T1 Oak and TG1 Oak group of MWA Arb Report Works: Remove (fell) to near ground level. Owner to physically remove any regrowth (no chemical treatment due to translocation risk). Reason: Clay shrinkage subsidence damage at subject properties. Please note that previously consented reduction works (21/00747/TW) to T1 and TG1 were completed in April 2022.
Granted Trees 17 docs -
Gurnard Pines Cockleton Lane Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8RD
Chalet 220 T1; Leaning Willow tree - Remove to ground level and allow to regrow and form a shrub. Phototropic tree that will fail eventually. To prevent tree failing for good management. T2; Leylandii (on end of tree row) - Remove to ground level on safety grounds. Split out of top leaving unsafe void. Chalet 280 T3; Leaning Poplar tree - Remove to ground level. Heavily leaning tree weighted over the path.
Granted Trees 3 docs -
Gurnard Pines Country Club Gurnard Pines Cockleton Lane Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8QE
T1; Oak - Reduce height to 14m and crown spread to 7m. Prune on a biennial cycle to maintain at broadly reduced dimensions. TG1; Oak Group - Reduce height by 3m and laterals at edge of collection by 2 - 3m as pruning points allow. Prune on a biennial cycle to maintain at broadly reduced dimensions.
Granted Trees 16 docs -
Gurnard Pines Cockleton Lane Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8QE
94% historically approved · decision due ~30 Oct
5x Oak trees (outside No's 80 - 83) - Crown raise by approx 4m, dead wood, crown clean. Holm Oak (behind No's 288 & 289) - Reduction of crown by 20 - 30%. Ash tree (behind No. 246) - Prune limb back to stem (alternatively back to closest adequate growth point nearest stem). Reason: To create clearance from neighbouring property roof. Large Oak (overhanging No. 128) - Carry out approx 30% reduction, prune back over extended limbs over neighbouring properties to clear roof line/boundary of buildings, crown raise by approx 5 metres & remove dead wood/crown clean.
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