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Silvercroft 45 Florence Road Brighton BN1 6DL

BH2024/02155Treeworks in Conservation Area (Lopping)Approved

Approved on 18 September 2024

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

Proposal

1. Holly (Right boundary) Reduce in height by up to 1m and prune back all overhang to no. 47 to boundary. Re-shape lightly to balance if needed 2. Holly (left boundary) Prune back all overhang to no. 43 to boundary. Lightly re-shape of needed to balance. 3. Fig- Crown reduce by approx. 30% and shape. Thin out interior REASON: To lesson nuisance to neighbours

Received
3 September 2024
Ward
Round Hill
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated3 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Oct
  5. Decided18 Sep

Decided in 15 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Silvercroft 45 Florence Road Brighton BN1 6DL. Brighton and Hove has handled 412 applications of this type. This one was decided in 15 days, 7 weeks quicker than Brighton and Hove's typical decision time. The site is in the Preston Park 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 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 6DL
Application type
Treeworks in Conservation Area (Lopping)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 September 2024
Target decision date
15 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Trees Understood
Agent address
64 Shaftesbury Road Brighton BN1 4NF United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

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: Preston Park
  • 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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