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Fiveways Pre School Playgroup 8 - 10 Florence Road Brighton BN1 6DJ

BH2024/02552Treeworks on Preserved Trees (Lopping)Approved

Approved on 29 October 2024

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

Proposal

Sycamore- Prune back lateral branches over no. 8 Florence Road to previous points. Prune back to clear house and BT wires to give a clearance of approx. 2m. 2 Sycamore- Prune back lateral branches over no. 10 Florence Road to previous points. Prune back to clear house and BT wires to give a clearance of approx. 2m. 3 Lime- Prune back from house to give a clearance of 2.5m. Remove trunk suckers & deadwood. 4 Horsechestnut- reduce back to previous points. 6 Lime- Prune back laterals over private gardens by approx. 3m and blend in. Reduce in height by approx. 3m. Crown thin by approx. 20%. Remove trunk growth and dead wood. 7 Silver birch- No work necessary 8 Elm- Prune back from building to give a clearance of 3m. 9 Sycamore- Prune back laterals over private gardens by approx. 3m and blend in. Reduce in height by approx. 4m. Prune back radial crown all around by approx. 2m to balance. Remove trunk growth and dead wood. 10 Sycamore- Prune back laterals over private gardens by approx. 3m and blend in. Crown thin by approx. 20%. Remove trunk growth and dead wood. 11 Elm-Reduce in height to previous reduction points (approx. 3m). Prune back laterals all around to previous points (approx. 2-2.5m. Remove trunk suckers and dead wood. 15 Elm x2 & x1 Sycamore- Medium self seeded trees near boundary but providing screening SUGGEST: Prune back overhang to private gardens by approx. 3m. 16 Horsechestnut- Reduce back to previous points 17 Sycamore-Prune back lateral branches over private gardens tp previous points. Crown thin by approx. 20%. Remove dead wood. 18 Horsechestnut- Reduce back to previous points (approx. 2m of re-growth Remove dead wood. REASON: General maintenance

Received
15 October 2024
Ward
Round Hill
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated15 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Dec
  5. Decided29 Oct

Decided in 14 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Fiveways Pre School Playgroup 8 - 10 Florence Road Brighton BN1 6DJ. Brighton and Hove has handled 412 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 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 6DJ
Application type
Treeworks on Preserved Trees (Lopping)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 October 2024
Target decision date
10 December 2024

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 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.

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