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86 Ditchling Road Brighton BN1 4SG

BH2024/02143Treeworks in Conservation Area (Lopping)Refused

Refused on 15 October 2024

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

Proposal

Line of Lime trees in front garden - Reduce by 50% (3m) to form a new pollard point to maintain the ease of cyclical pruning and to tidy any previous cuts in line with BS3998

Received
27 August 2024
  1. Received27 Aug
  2. Validated27 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Oct
  5. Decided15 Oct

Decided in 49 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 86 Ditchling Road Brighton BN1 4SG. Brighton and Hove has handled 412 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 2 weeks quicker than Brighton and Hove's typical decision time. The site is in the Round Hill conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,684 applications in total for the BN1 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
BN1 4SG
Application type
Treeworks in Conservation Area (Lopping)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 August 2024
Target decision date
8 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Balmer Farm Lewes Road

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1

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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