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55 Stanford Avenue Brighton BN1 6FB

BH2025/02687Tree Works in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 25 November 2025

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

Proposal

Rear garden T1 - S.Birch (adj. conservatory) Reduce over-extended lateral limbs by no more than 0.5m. Prune remainder of crown by no more than 0.5m to shape and balance T2 - S.Birch (in decline) Monitor health - no pruning required T3 + T4 - S.Birch Crown reduce height by no more than 2m by thinning older stems and pruning back to main trunk. Reduce and shape remainder of crowns by no more than 0.5m overall to balance. Crown thin by approx. 20% T5 + T6 - S.Birch Crown reduce height by no more than 2.5m by thinning out/pruning older secondary stems back to main trunk so as to reduce the overall height and stature imposed upon adjacent gardens. Reduce lateral crown by no more than 0.5-1m overall to shape and balance.

Received
4 November 2025
Ward
Hollingdean & Fiveways
Agent
Green Timber Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received4 Nov
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Dec
  5. Decided25 Nov

Decided in 21 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 55 Stanford Avenue Brighton BN1 6FB. Brighton and Hove has handled 412 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 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 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 6FB
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 November 2025
Target decision date
16 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Green Timber Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address
15 Jevington Drive Brighton BN2 4DG United Kingdom

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.

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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