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51 Richmond Road Brighton BN2 3RL

BH2024/01457Tree Works in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 17 June 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 - Holm oak - Quercus ilex - T1 is a young Holm Oak standing at roughly 7m tall with a crown spread of 3m. Proposing to fell to ground level due to its over bearing of smaller trees and shrubs within the garden. Allowing T2 to be come to feature point of the garden and more space to mature.T2 - Holm oak - Quercus ilex - T2 is a young Holm Oak standing at roughly 7m tall with a crown spread of 4m. Proposing to reduce the crown by roughly 2.5m and reducing the side growth by 0.5-1m. Aiming to create a new compact crown. leaving a finish height of roughly 4.5-5m and 3m in width.

Received
12 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Round Hill
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided17 Jun

Decided in 5 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 51 Richmond Road Brighton BN2 3RL. Brighton and Hove has handled 412 applications of this type. This one was decided in 5 days, 8 weeks quicker than Brighton and Hove's typical decision time. The site is in the Round Hill conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Round Hill. We hold 2,608 applications in total for the BN2 postcode area.

96% of trees applications at Brighton and Hove City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BN2 3RL
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2024
Target decision date
24 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Maximus Tree Care
Agent address
14 Rectory Close Pulborough RH20 2AJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

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: Round Hill
  • 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

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: Brighton and Hove

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