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The Old Cottage 70 North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AE

BE/128/25/TTreesRefused

Refused on 18 December 2025

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Crown reduction to 1 No. Ash (T1) to leave a height of 20-22m and spread of 20-22m.

Received
24 October 2025
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated24 Oct
  3. Consult.27 Nov
  4. Target19 Dec
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Cottage 70 North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AE. Arun has handled 571 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the North Bersted conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 636 applications in total for the PO22 postcode area.

95% of trees applications at Arun District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PO22 9AE
Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bersted

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 October 2025
Consultation expiry
27 November 2025
Consultation end
27 November 2025
Target decision date
19 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Woodsmen Tree Services 137 North Bersted Street Bersted Bognor Regis PO22 9AG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: North Bersted
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Homing CottageOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    17 Jan

    Fell 1 No. Bay tree (T2). This tree is in the North Bersted Conservation area.

    ApprovedTreesBE/4/26/TC

Source: Arun

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