St Marys Catholic Primary School Cobden Road Worthing Central Worthing West Sussex BN11 4BD
Approved on 17 October 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions
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Proposal
Application for consent under Worthing Tree Preservation Order No.19 of 1991 to reduce crown height by up to 2 metres, reduce radial spread by up to 2.5 metres, and crown lift up to 4 metres one Horse Chestnut tree T1.
- Received
- 16 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Adur District Council
- Ward
- Central
- Agent
- Woodsmen Tree Services
- ReceivedReceived16 Jul
- ValidatedValidated16 Jul
- Consult.Consultation21 Aug
- TargetTarget Date10 Sep
- DecidedDecided17 Oct
Decided in 93 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at St Marys Catholic Primary School Cobden Road Worthing Central Worthing West Sussex BN11 4BD. Adur and Worthing has handled 407 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 5 weeks longer 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 164 applications across Central. We hold 636 applications in total for the BN11 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
- BN11 4BD
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 July 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 17 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 31 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 21 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 18 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 10 September 2025
- Permission expires
- 17 October 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Woodsmen Tree Services
- Agent address
- 137 North Bersted Street Bersted Bognor Regis PO22 9AG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 7 August 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 29 August 2025
- Site notice start
- 27 August 2025
- Site notice end
- 17 September 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14179762
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Park CrescentPart of the site
- Tree Preservation Order: 91/00019/TPOPart of the site · +3 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage 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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