Elder Cottage Ropewalk Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5WW
Approved on 12 February 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions
Proposal
Application for consent under AdurTree Preservation Order No.162/2/76 (SU) of 1976 to reduce crown height by up to 2 metres and radial spread by up to 1 metre Sycamore T1 (north) reduce crown height by up to 2 to 2.5 metres and reduce radial spread by up to 1 to 1.5 metres Sycamore T3, and reduce crown height by up to 2 to 2.5 metres and reduce radial spread by up to 1 to 2 metres Sycamore T4.
- Received
- 2 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Adur District Council
- Ward
- St. Nicolas
- ReceivedReceived2 Dec
- ValidatedValidated2 Dec
- Consult.Consultation9 Jan
- TargetTarget Date27 Jan
- DecidedDecided12 Feb
Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Elder Cottage Ropewalk Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5WW. Adur and Worthing has handled 407 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 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 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 5WW
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 9 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 16 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 9 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 27 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 12 February 2027
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Sawing Heights Tree Surgery
- Agent address
- 9 Hillcrest Drive Ashington West Sussex RH203LB United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Jeremy Sergeant
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14532973
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation 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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Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© 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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