Planning application
Rownhams House Betteridge Drive Rownhams Southampton Hampshire SO16 8LS
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1 - Oak - Reduce and reshape crown by up to 2.5m, reduce over extending limb towards 9 Betteridge drive by up to 4m, remove central limb growing towards 3 Broadbent close due to stress fracture, G1 - Oaks - Reduce branches growing over the driveway of 11 Betteridge drive by up to 2m back to old points
As published by the council, reference 26/02156/TPOS
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02156/TPOS
- Status
- Current
- Received
- 1 Oct 2026
- Validated
- 1 Oct 2026
- Ward
- CHILWORTH, NURSLING & ROWNHAMS
- Parish
- NURSLING AND ROWNHAMS
- Postcode
- SO16 8LS
Site history
Applications at this address on the Test Valley register
This site has had 3 applications since 2023: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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26/01898/DDTPO Decided
Rownhams House Betteridge Drive Rownhams Southampton Hampshire SO16 8LS
Reduce side of dangerous Oak tree by 2.5m located end of driveway (within G2 of TPO.TVBC.0369)
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23/00355/TPOS Refused
Rownhams House Betteridge Drive Rownhams Southampton Hampshire SO16 8LS
T1 - Oak - Trim back overhanging branches by 2m, T2 - Oak - Trim back overhanging branches by 2m, T3 - Scots Pine - Fell, T4 - T8 - Hornbeam/Sycamore - Trim back overhanging branches by upto 4m, T9-10- Sycamore - Trim back overhanging branches by upto 4m, T4 - T10 - also reduce height by upto 5m.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Oct 2026
Received by Test Valley
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1 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 26 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Test Valley took a median of 51 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
- APPLICATION FORM
- SKETCH PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
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About this record
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Rownhams House Betteridge Drive Rownhams Southampton Hampshire SO16 8LS
Reduce side of dangerous Oak tree by 2.5m located end of driveway (within G2 of TPO.TVBC.0369)
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Rownhams House Betteridge Drive Rownhams Southampton Hampshire SO16 8LS
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