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Wolsey Place 20 Mill Road Worthing West Sussex

AWDM/1276/23Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 20 November 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for consent under Worthing Tree Preservation Order No.4 of 2007 to reduce crown height by up to 4 metres, and crown lift up to 5 metres one Leyland Cypress tree T7.

Received
12 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Heene
  1. Received12 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.1 Nov
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided20 Nov

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Wolsey Place 20 Mill Road Worthing West Sussex. Adur and Worthing has handled 407 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days 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 70 applications across Heene.

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

Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2023
Consultation expiry
9 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
11 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
1 November 2023
Last date for comments
9 November 2023
Target decision date
24 November 2023
Permission expires
20 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 Cherry Tree Cottages Sack Lane Bognor Regis West Sussex

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
19 October 2023
Site notice end
9 November 2023

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Mill Road
  • Tree Preservation Order: 61/00002/TPONext to 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.

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Source: Adur and Worthing

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