157 Havelock Road Brighton BN1 6GN

BH2025/01785Tree Works in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 29 August 2025

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

Proposal

1 Monterey Cypress - wanting to fell to allow construction of base for larger shed. Stump to be reduced to ground level. Work to be carried out by professional tree surgeon.

Received: 17 July 2025
Council: Brighton and Hove City Council
Ward: Hollingdean & Fiveways

ReceivedReceived17 Jul
ValidatedValidated17 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date28 Aug
DecidedDecided29 Aug

Decided in 43 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 157 Havelock Road Brighton BN1 6GN. Brighton and Hove has handled 412 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 3 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 24 applications across Hollingdean & Fiveways. 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 6GN
Application type: Tree Works in Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 July 2025
Target decision date: 28 August 2025

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: 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.

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Source: Brighton and Hove

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