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St Marys Church Church Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7RH

07/04242/TCATree in Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 9 October 2007

Council decision: NOT TO PREPARE A TREE PRESERVATION ORDERDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of intention to fell 2 no. Ash trees (marked on plan as T1 and T3), Lateral prune back to main stem the horizontal branch over the footpath (leading to church) on 1 no. Poplar tree (marked on plan as T2).

Received
8 August 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Sidlesham
  1. Received8 Aug
  2. Validated31 Aug
  3. Consult.25 Sep
  4. Target11 Oct
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Marys Church Church Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7RH. Chichester has handled 534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Chichester's typical decision time. The site is in the Sidlesham Church conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 19 other applications at this address. We hold 2,827 applications in total for the PO20 postcode area.

48% of trees applications at Chichester District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PO20 7RH
Application type
Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sidlesham

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 August 2007
Consultation expiry
25 September 2007
Neighbour consultation start
4 September 2007
Neighbour consultation end
25 September 2007
Last date for comments
26 September 2007
Target decision date
11 October 2007
Decision issued
10 October 2007

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Documents
0
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Planning history at this site

19 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    23 Oct

    Notification of intention to fell 1 no. Common Ash tree (T2), crown raise by up to 2.2m on 3 no. Yew trees…

    RefusedTree in Conservation Area19/02681/TCA
  2. 2016
    19 Oct

    Notification of intention to crown raise by up to 3.5m (above ground level) on 2 no. Ash trees (marked on the…

    RefusedTree in Conservation Area16/03444/TCA
  3. 2016
    16 Aug

    Discharge of conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15 and 16 of SI/14/03887/FUL

    Discharge of Planning ConditionsDischarge of conditions16/02810/DOC
  4. 2016
    23 Feb

    Notification of intention to remove 3 no. lowest limbs at 4m on 1 no. Ash tree (Tree 1). To reduce by 4m low…

    RefusedTree in Conservation Area16/00684/TCA
  5. 2015
    14 Aug

    Additional gutters and downpipes.

    ApprovedFull Application15/02605/FUL
  6. 2014
    11 Nov

    Single storey church annexe to existing church providing meeting space, servery, office, disabled WC and WC…

    ApprovedFull Application14/03887/FUL

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