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Avalon West Street Sompting West Sussex BN15 0AP

AWDM/0190/26Work to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 1 April 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Section 211 Notice under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to crown thin 15%, remove dead wood and reduce radial spread by up to 2 metres, over two years, one Magnolia tree T2, and to fell and replace one Cherry tree T1 in the Sompting Conservation Area.

Received
17 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Peverel
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Avalon West Street Sompting West Sussex BN15 0AP. Adur and Worthing has handled 407 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Adur and Worthing's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Peverel. We hold 262 applications in total for the BN15 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at Adur District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BN15 0AP
Application type
Work to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sompting Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2026
Consultation expiry
2 April 2026
Consultation start
4 March 2026
Consultation end
25 March 2026
Last date for comments
2 April 2026
Target decision date
31 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
SH Gardening
Agent address
23 Orchard Avenue Lancing BN15 9EA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Jeremy Sergeant
Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
2 April 2026
Site notice start
5 March 2026
Site notice end
26 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14709681
Documents
7
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: SomptingPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: BrooklandsOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Adur and Worthing

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