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Percy Wagner Almshouses Islingword Road Brighton BN2 9SW

BH2025/01693Treeworks on Preserved Trees (Lopping)Approved

Approved on 26 August 2025

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

Proposal

North West Corner Boundary T1 - Elm Reduce height by up to 3 metres and sides by up to 2 metres. Crown lift to 3 metres. South East Boundary T2 - Elm Reduce height by up to 3 metres and sides by up to 2.5 metres. Crown lift to 3 metres. T3 - Sycamore Fell as close to ground level as possible. Apply systemic herbicide to stump to prevent re-growth. T1 stands approximately 14m tall with a 5.5 to 6m crown width from centre. After the requested works there would be a residual height of 11m and no less than a 4m crown width from centre. T2 stands approximately 18m tall with a 7m crown width from centre. After the requested works there would be a residual height of 15m and a 4.5m crown width from centre. T3 stands approximately 14m tall with a 3.5 crown width from centre. Works for T1 & T2 are part of an ongoing maintenance program, maintaining the trees at their smaller size. Works would not be detrimental nor impact the amenity value of the area. Reasons for the felling works on T3 are to reduce the potential future stability concerns of the stems being so close together. In time, the crown on T2 will eventually balance out.

Received
7 July 2025
Ward
Hanover & Elm Grove
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided26 Aug

Decided in 50 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Percy Wagner Almshouses Islingword Road Brighton BN2 9SW. Brighton and Hove has handled 412 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 13 days quicker than Brighton and Hove's typical decision time. The site is in the Valley Gardens conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Hanover & Elm Grove. 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 9SW
Application type
Treeworks on Preserved Trees (Lopping)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2025
Target decision date
1 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Connick Tree Care
Agent address
New Pond Farm Woodhatch Road Reigate RH2 7QH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 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.

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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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