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55 Hillside Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN14 9QS

AWDM/1508/25Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 25 February 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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Proposal

Application for consent under Worthing Tree Preservation Order No.26 of 1991 to fell and replace one Walnut tree T6.

Received
2 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Offington
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated2 Dec
  3. Consult.28 Jan
  4. Target27 Jan
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 55 Hillside Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN14 9QS. Adur and Worthing has handled 407 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 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 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 9QS
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 December 2025
Consultation expiry
19 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
7 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
28 January 2026
Last date for comments
19 February 2026
Target decision date
27 January 2026
Permission expires
25 February 2027

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
RDS Tree Surgery
Agent address
Brenlara Roundstone ByPass Angmering BN16 4BD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Jeremy Sergeant
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
29 January 2026
Site notice end
19 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14532717
Documents
5
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: 91/00026/TPOProtected tree on or next to this site
  • 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

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: 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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