Planning application
16 Highfield Close Southampton SO17 1QZ
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1 - Scots Pine - Reduce the South-Western side of the crown by approximately 3 metres, pruning back to the points indicated by the red line on the accompanying photograph.
As published by the council, reference 26/00047/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00047/TCA
- Type
- Tree Conservation Area
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 12 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 12 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Portswood
- Postcode
- SO17 1QZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Aug 2026
Received by Southampton
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17 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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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.
Southampton took a median of 54 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Soton Tree Care Ltd Agent, a tree-works contractor registered in Southampton
Active · incorporated 2025 · Southampton
8 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Southampton for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Southampton decided tree works applications in a median of 48 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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9 Uplands Way Southampton SO17 1QW
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19 Uplands Way Southampton SO17 1QW
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Other tree works applications
In Southampton
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26/00173/TPO Refused
75 Obelisk Road Southampton SO19 9DD
Holly tree in front garden to be reduced in height by 5 metres bringing in the sides 1 metre in places go shape this will contain the tree keeping it back from properties phone cables and highway.
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26/00183/TPO Granted
10 Fulmar Close Southampton SO16 8EZ
T1 - Fell within 3 months. Replace with 1x Acer griseum 8-10 standard.
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26/00181/TPO Granted
1 Westcliff Mews Southampton SO19 9HA
T1 (T2-080) - Cut back from property 2.0m. Prune back branches from north east corner of No.33 Oak Road to ensure 2.0m clearance is achieved from property.
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26/00042/TCA Refused
109 Ethelburt Avenue Southampton SO16 3DF
T1 Pine - Fell
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26/00167/TPO Granted
Boundary House Bassett Green Road Southampton SO16 3NE
Crown reduction by two meters growing out to property side only.