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3 Elm Cottages Church Road Yapton BN18 0EW

Y/4/25/TCTreesApproved

Approved on 25 February 2025

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

Proposal

1 No. Sycamore (T1) crown reduction to leave a height of 8m and spread of 10m. 1 No. Silver Birch (T2) crown reduction to leave a height of 10m and spread of 5m. These trees are in the Main Road / Church Road, Yapton conservation area.

Received
15 January 2025
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.20 Feb
  4. Target26 Feb
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 Elm Cottages Church Road Yapton BN18 0EW. Arun has handled 571 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Arun's typical decision time. The site is in the Yapton Main Road and Church Lane conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,042 applications in total for the BN18 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
BN18 0EW
Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Yapton

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2025
Consultation expiry
20 February 2025
Consultation end
20 February 2025
Target decision date
26 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Ben Van Driel 3 Elm Cottags Church Road Yapton BN180EW

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: Yapton Main Road and Church Lane
  • Listed building: Grade II: Willow 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.

Source: Arun

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