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St Botolphs Court St Botolphs Road Worthing West Sussex

AWDM/0511/24Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 8 July 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for consent under Worthing Tree Preservation Order No.11 of 1998 to reduce crown height by up to 5 metres, reduce radial spread, ensuring foliage remains, by up to 2 metres, to North and South and up to 1.5 metres at the Eastern end 18 Leyland Cypress trees of group G1.

Received
17 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Heene
Agent
The Arboricultural Consultancy Ltd
  1. Received17 Apr
  2. Validated17 Apr
  3. Consult.15 May
  4. Target12 Jun
  5. Decided8 Jul

Decided in 82 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Botolphs Court St Botolphs Road Worthing West Sussex. Adur and Worthing has handled 407 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 4 weeks longer than Adur and Worthing's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Heene.

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

Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 April 2024
Consultation expiry
15 May 2024
Neighbour consultation start
23 April 2024
Neighbour consultation end
15 May 2024
Last date for comments
15 May 2024
Target decision date
12 June 2024
Permission expires
8 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Arboricultural Consultancy Ltd
Agent address
3 Old Barn Way Southwick BN42 4NS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12914532
Documents
5
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: 87/00011/TPONext to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

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Source: Adur and Worthing

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