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Orchard Dene 22 Roman Crescent Southwick West Sussex BN42 4TY

AWDM/1230/25Work to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 13 January 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 reduce crown height and radial spread by up to 1 to 2 metres Walnut tree T1. Reduce crown height up to 3 to 4 metres (50%) and associated works one Hazel T2 and to reduce crown height and radial spread by up to 0.5 metres and crown lift up to 2.5 metres, Pine T3 in the Southwick Conservation Area.

Received
29 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Southwick Green
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.23 Oct
  4. Target10 Nov
  5. Decided13 Jan

Decided in 106 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Orchard Dene 22 Roman Crescent Southwick West Sussex BN42 4TY. Adur and Worthing has handled 407 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 7 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 53 applications across Southwick Green. We hold 115 applications in total for the BN42 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
BN42 4TY
Application type
Work to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2025
Consultation expiry
5 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
2 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
23 October 2025
Last date for comments
5 November 2025
Target decision date
10 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Maplewood Tree Surgery
Agent address
140 Hollingdean Terrace Brighton BN1 7HE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Jeremy Sergeant
Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
30 October 2025
Site notice start
15 October 2025
Site notice end
5 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14364948
Documents
4
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Southwick
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

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© 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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