Planning application
St Michaels Church Church Lane Shalfleet Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 4NF
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Amendment to proposal: G1 & 2; Group of Bay - Fell main stems to near ground level and leave young growth to re-form a hedge. Reason: Trees have Ganoderma at base and are over car parking area & footway. T1; Yew - Pollard tree at approx 6m in height. Reason: Structural weakness and exposed crown.
As published by the council, reference 26/01100/TW
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01100/TW
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 12 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 12 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Brighstone Calbourne And Shalfleet
- Parish
- Shalfleet
- Postcode
- PO30 4NF
Site history
Applications at this address on the Isle of Wight register
This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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21/01549/TW Granted
St Michaels Church Church Lane Shalfleet Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 4NF
**FIVE DAY NOTICE** due to state of Yew tree (all other trees put on this application, so tree officer only needs to make one site visit). T1; Yew - Fell. Decay at base, tree is falling apart. T2 and T3 Bays - Reduce to approx 2 metres. Trees are becoming too large for situation. G1; Elms and Bay - Fell. Pushing wall down. T4; Laurel - Fell. Growing too large and causing a nuisance.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Aug 2026
Received by Isle of Wight
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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6 Sep 2026
Status changed to Awaiting decision
Previously Registered.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 7 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Isle of Wight took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- ST MICHAELS CHURCH SHALFLEET - SKETCH PLAN
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Isle of Wight for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Isle of Wight's median decision took 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Isle of Wight's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.
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