Old Shoreham Farm House The Street Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5NJ

AWDM/0821/25Work to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 27 October 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Section 211 Notice under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to reduce crown height and radial spread by 2 to 3 metres row of Leylandii trees T1 and reduce back to "Face" protruding limbs of adjacent Whitebeam and Maple; reduce crown height and radial spread by up to 3 to 4 metres Sycamore T2; reduce crown height and radial spread by up to 2 metres Sycamore T3; reduce crown height and radial spread by up to 2.5 to 3 metres Walnut T4; reduce crown height up to 3 metres Silver Birch T5; reduce crown height and radial spread by up to 2.5 metres Sycamores of group T8, to reduce to previous points Sycamore T6 and Goat Willow T7; and to fell and replace Silver Birch tree T9.

Received: 24 June 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Adur District Council
Ward: St. Nicolas
Agent: Fletcher Tree services ltd

ReceivedReceived24 Jun
ValidatedValidated8 Jul
Consult.Consultation18 Sep
TargetTarget Date19 Aug
DecidedDecided27 Oct

Decided in 111 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Old Shoreham Farm House The Street Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5NJ. Adur and Worthing has handled 407 applications of this type. This one was decided in 125 days, 10 weeks longer than Adur and Worthing's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across St. Nicolas. We hold 756 applications in total for the BN43 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: BN43 5NJ
Application type: Work to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 July 2025
Consultation expiry: 18 September 2025
Last date for comments: 18 September 2025
Target decision date: 19 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: Fletcher Tree services ltd
Agent address: 58 Wembley Avenue LANCING BN15 9JY United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer: Jeremy Sergeant
Statutory period: 42 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 14 August 2025
Advertisement expiry: 5 September 2025
Site notice start: 28 August 2025
Site notice end: 18 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14119733
Documents: 4
Constraints: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Old Shoreham
Listed building: Grade II: Old Shoreham FarmhouseOn this site · +1 more
Article 4 direction: Old Shoreham Conservation Area
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

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6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Adur and Worthing

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