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7 Chartfield Hove BN3 7RD

BH2024/00494Treeworks on Preserved Trees (Lopping)Approved

Approved on 16 April 2024

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Proposal

The large Sycamore in rear garden of property. Due to excessive shading and significant movement in the upper crown especially in high winds, the client would like a 4-5m reduction in height to retain the tree in a more suitable size for the garden and enter a 3 year pruning cycle . This is a 12-14m semi mature sycamore which has previously been pruned leading to a very tall and high crown area, beginning to appear top heavy and could be placing significant leverage due to the sail area in high winds., one smaller stem appears to have snapped out at some point. The proposed works would reduce each of the three remaining co-dominant stems by 4-5m to restrict the height of the tree and promote a lower more balanced crown. It appears to be in good general condition and vigor and this along with the species ready adaptation to such pruning suggests a positive outcome to the works to be more than likely.

Received
22 February 2024
Ward
Westdene & Hove Park
  1. Received22 Feb
  2. Validated22 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 54 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 7 Chartfield Hove BN3 7RD. Brighton and Hove has handled 412 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 9 days quicker than Brighton and Hove's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Westdene & Hove Park. We hold 762 applications in total for the BN3 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
BN3 7RD
Application type
Treeworks on Preserved Trees (Lopping)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 February 2024
Target decision date
18 April 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
ecological treesurgeons
Agent address
59 Shaftesbury Road Brighton bn1 4ng United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: EngineeriumNext to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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