Planning application
25/02132/TPC
Locks Lane House Locks Lane Sparsholt Winchester Hampshire SO21 2LU
Proposal
(amended) G1: Aesculus hippocastanum x 3. T1 - radial reduction no more than 4m. The trees have grown as a group, and working from south to north, the second and third trees exhibit serious structural and physiological defects that render retention in their current form unfeasible. Tree 2 has a significant included union at 2m, a cavity at 5m W aspect (500 x 400mm), and a large cavity and bark de-laminantion at 12m E aspect where its appears a top has failed historically. Tree 3 has lost a large limb historically, with extensive cambial death around the stem at 1m, and colonisation by Cerioporous squamosus (moderate significance on this species). There is also an included union at 3m. Overall, the trees have grown as a group, and the failure of one of them is likely to result in upper canopy failures of the others into the direction of the prevailing wind. At present, upper canopy failure is entirely foreseeable, so a significant reduction is necessary. Reduce in height by 8 - 10m, to leave a finished height of 10m.
As published by the council, reference 25/02132/TPC
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Oct 2025
Received by Winchester
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20 Oct 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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5 Dec 2025
Decision issued: That no objection be raised
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
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