Gardeners Arms West Street Sompting West Sussex BN15 0AR
Approved on 17 December 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 by up to 4 to 5 metres, reduce radial spread by up to 2 metres and crown lift up to 2.5 metres Weeping Willow T1 in the Sompting Conservation Area.
- Received
- 7 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Adur District Council
- Ward
- Peverel
- ReceivedReceived7 Oct
- ValidatedValidated7 Oct
- Consult.Consultation6 Nov
- TargetTarget Date18 Nov
- DecidedDecided17 Dec
Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Gardeners Arms West Street Sompting West Sussex BN15 0AR. Adur and Worthing has handled 407 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Adur and Worthing's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Peverel. We hold 262 applications in total for the BN15 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
- BN15 0AR
- Application type
- Work to Trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Sompting Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 6 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 6 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 18 November 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- South Coast Tree Care
- Agent address
- 20A Windlesham Gardens Shoreham-by-Sea West Sussex BN43 5AD
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Jeremy Sergeant
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 16 October 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 6 November 2025
- Site notice start
- 16 October 2025
- Site notice end
- 6 November 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Sompting
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Adur and Worthing
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