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34 Southdown Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5AN

AWDM/1026/25Work to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 21 October 2025

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 reduce crown height and radial spread by up to 2.5 metres Pittosporum T1 & T2 and Portuguese Laurel T3; reduce crown height by up to 2 to 3 metres Bay T4; and reduce crown height and radial spread by up to 1 metre Holly T5 in the Shoreham Conservation Area.

Received
7 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St. Nicolas
  1. Received7 Aug
  2. Validated7 Aug
  3. Consult.25 Sep
  4. Target18 Sep
  5. Decided21 Oct

Decided in 75 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 34 Southdown Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5AN. Adur and Worthing has handled 407 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 3 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 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 5AN
Application type
Work to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 August 2025
Consultation expiry
25 September 2025
Last date for comments
25 September 2025
Target decision date
18 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Brighton Tree Specialists
Agent address
12 Titian Road HOVE BN3 5QS

Planning decision

Case officer
Jeremy Sergeant
Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 August 2025
Advertisement expiry
12 September 2025
Site notice start
4 September 2025
Site notice end
25 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14235826
Documents
5
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Shoreham-by-Sea
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref ATP/328Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Source: Adur and Worthing

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