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78 Ditchling Road Brighton BN1 4SG

BH2025/01829Tree Works in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 1 September 2025

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

Proposal

T1: Whitebeam, Sorbus aria Specimen is located in the front garden, close to the house & is presently touching the house with some of its branches - Reduce crown by up to 2m, (to a finished height of approximately 6/7m and branch spread of approximately 5m) - Ensure 1.5m clearance from the built structure of the house T2 - T4: Sycamore, Acer pseudoplatanus 3 self-seeded specimens located in the front garden immediately adjacent to the boundary all - Fell to as near to ground level as is possible - Poison stumps with Eco-plugs T5: Holly, Ilex aquifolium Specimen is small & is located in the rear garden, in the side passage area - Lower height by 1m - Trim using hedge trimmers and create a Holly bush T6: Holly, Ilex aquifolium Specimen is larger & is located in the rear garden, on a bank. - Fell to as near to ground level as is possible T7: Apple, Malus spp. Specimen is located in the rear of the rear garden - Reshape crown into an 'umbrella shape' by removing individual branches from the top of the crown, (by up to 2m), whilst retaining lower branches as they are

Received
22 July 2025
Ward
Round Hill
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Sep
  5. Decided1 Sep

Decided in 41 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 78 Ditchling Road Brighton BN1 4SG. Brighton and Hove has handled 412 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 3 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. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Round Hill. We hold 1,684 applications in total for the BN1 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
BN1 4SG
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2025
Target decision date
2 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Sussex Tree Company
Agent address
6, Higher Millhayes Hemyock Cullompton Devon EX15 3SN

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: 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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