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Land At Fernhill South Of High Street Wootton Isle Of Wight

Granted Isle of Wight 26/01221/TW

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

**5 Day Notice** T16; Large, mature Lime with a co-dominant stem, (positioned centrally within the woodland) - Fell. Reason: The tree is in a critically poor and hazardous condition, with a clear risk of imminent failure abundant Kretzschmaria deusta present at the stem base, as shown in the attached photographs. The stem is critically decayed, with very limited remaining sound sapwood. A nylon-hammer assessment produced a very poor sound response, indicating a substantially hollow stem and a significant risk of brittle fracture. During inspection, sections of the remaining outer wood were so degraded that they broke away by hand easily.

As published by the council, reference 26/01221/TW

Application record

Reference
26/01221/TW
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted
Received
4 Sep 2026
Validated
4 Sep 2026
Decided
14 Sep 2026
Ward
Wootton Bridge
Parish
Wootton Bridge

Site history

Applications at this address on the Isle of Wight register

This site has had 3 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/00849/TW Awaiting decision

    Land At Fernhill South Of High Street Wootton Isle Of Wight

    Lime tree (centre of woodland) - Remove. Reason: Base of the tree appears completely rotten.

    Submitted 22 Jun 2026 Trees
  • 26/00742/TW Granted

    Land At Fernhill South Of High Street Wootton Isle Of Wight

    T2; Horse chestnut - Reduce the overall crown by approximately 4m to mitigate the risk of failure associated with the basal defect and to reduce wind loading on the canopy. Reasons: Due to poor condition and risk of failure (High target) T3; Field maple - Remove the primary branch overhanging the access road and reduce the remaining tree to approximately 10m. Reasons: Due to poor condition and risk of failure (High target). T7; Beech - Reduce the crown by approximately 5m. Reason: Due to poor condition and risk of failure (High target). T11; Horse chestnut - Crown reduction of at least 6m. Reason: Due to poor condition and risk of failure (High target). T14 & T107; Ash (x2) - Fell. Reasons: Due to poor condition, ash dieback and risk of failure (High target) T4, T5, T6, T8, T9, T10, T15, T16 & T17 Lime (x9)- Remove epicormic growth around stem base. Reasons: To facilitate further inspection. T22; Common hornbeam - Reduce by approx 50%. Reason: Dysfunctional canopy with sparse leaf cover. Decay is present in north stem.

    Decided 10 Aug 2026 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Sep 2026

    Received by Isle of Wight

  2. 4 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 10 Sep 2026

    Status changed to Awaiting decision

    Previously Registered.

  4. 14 Sep 2026

    Decision issued: Granted

  5. 14 Sep 2026

    Status changed to Decided

    Previously Awaiting decision.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

2 documents on file for this application

  • APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form - Public Copy · 04 Sep 2026
  • TREE PLAN AND PHOTOS Plans - Other · 04 Sep 2026

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What this grant of permission means

Isle of Wight granted permission on 14 September 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 this record

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