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6 Beach Mews Western Road Littlehampton BN17 5PG

LU/38/26/TCTreesApproved

Approved on 20 March 2026

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

Proposal

Crown reduction to 1 No. Silver Birch (T1) to leave a height of 6m and spread of 4m. This tree is in the Littlehampton Sea Front conservation Area.

Received
15 February 2026
  1. Received15 Feb
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.19 Mar
  4. Target29 Mar
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 6 Beach Mews Western Road Littlehampton BN17 5PG. Arun has handled 571 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker than Arun's typical decision time. The site is in the Littlehampton (Seafront) conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 774 applications in total for the BN17 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
BN17 5PG
Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Littlehampton

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2026
Consultation expiry
19 March 2026
Consultation end
19 March 2026
Target decision date
29 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Townsend Trees & Gardens 57 Griffin Crescent Littlehampton BN17 7LH

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 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: Littlehampton (Seafront)
  • Listed building: Grade II: 24, Western RoadOn or next to this site
  • 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.

Source: Arun

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