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Rear Of 8 To 10 Florence Road Brighton BN1 6DJ

BH2025/02365Treeworks on Preserved Trees (Lopping)Approved

Approved on 13 October 2025

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

Proposal

19 Swedish Whitebeam- Prune back from building. 20 Lime- Crown thin by 20%. Remove trunk growth & dead wood. 21 Sycamore- Lift over building to give 3m clearance. 22 Swedish whitebeam-Prune back from building by 1m and lift crown tom 2m 23 Elm- Whilst thinning the old reduction points 3 years ago I noticed major squirrel damage around these points with scarring and ring barking present. Because of this, together with the light deprivation to gardens and flats I would recommend the following specification: 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. 24 Swedish whitebeam- Prune back from building and lift crown to 2m 25 Elm- Whilst thinning the old reduction points 3 years ago I noticed major squirrel damage around these points with scarring and ring barking present. Because of this, together with the light deprivation to gardens and flats I would recommend the following specification: 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. 26 Swedish whitebeam- No work necessary 27 Elm- Whilst thinning the old reduction points 3 years ago I noticed major squirrel damage around these points with scarring and ring barking present. Because of this, together with the light deprivation to gardens and flats I would recommend the following specification: 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. 28 Lime- Remove trunk suckers and dead wood.Lift over car park 29 Lime- Remove trunk suckers and dead wood. Lift over car Park 30 x3 Leyland cypress- No work necessary 31 Elm- Whilst thinning the old reduction points 3 years ago I noticed major squirrel damage around these points with scarring and ring barking ...

Received
24 September 2025
Ward
Round Hill
  1. Received24 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Nov
  5. Decided13 Oct

Decided in 19 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Rear Of 8 To 10 Florence Road Brighton BN1 6DJ. Brighton and Hove has handled 412 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 6 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
24 September 2025
Target decision date
19 November 2025

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
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.

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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