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23 Fourth Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN14 9NY

AWDM/1276/25Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 28 January 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for consent under Worthing Tree Preservation Order No.37 of 2003 to reduce crown height and radial spread by up to 2 metres, to previous points, one Deodar tree T32.

Received
7 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Offington
  1. Received7 Oct
  2. Validated7 Oct
  3. Consult.12 Nov
  4. Target2 Dec
  5. Decided28 Jan

Decided in 113 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 23 Fourth Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN14 9NY. Adur and Worthing has handled 407 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 8 weeks longer than Adur and Worthing's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Offington. We hold 504 applications in total for the BN14 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
BN14 9NY
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 October 2025
Consultation expiry
12 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
22 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
12 November 2025
Last date for comments
12 November 2025
Target decision date
2 December 2025
Permission expires
28 January 2027

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
56 days

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: 03/00037/TPOPart of the site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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© 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: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Adur and Worthing

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