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Old School House School Road Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0DT

11/00073/TCATree in Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 9 February 2011

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of intention to remove 1 Leyland Cypress hedge (marked as 1 on plan) and 2 no. Leyland Cypress trees (marked as 2 and 3 on plan).

Received
12 January 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Wisborough Green
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.3 Feb
  4. Target22 Feb
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Old School House School Road Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0DT. Chichester has handled 534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Chichester's typical decision time. The site is in the Wisborough Green conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 1,272 applications in total for the RH14 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
RH14 0DT
Application type
Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wisborough Green

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2011
Consultation expiry
3 February 2011
Neighbour consultation start
13 January 2011
Neighbour consultation end
3 February 2011
Last date for comments
9 February 2011
Target decision date
22 February 2011
Decision issued
10 February 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Forge Cottage Newbridge Farm Newbridge Road Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9HZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wisborough Green
  • Listed building: Grade II: Forge CottageOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    24 Jul

    Notification of intention to crown reduce by 1m (all round) on 2 no. Elders Trees (both quoted as T1), 1 no…

    ApprovedTree in Conservation Area26/01649/TCA
  2. 2025
    1 Dec

    Notification of intention to fell 1 no. Goat Willow tree (T1).

    RefusedTree in Conservation Area25/02872/TCA
  3. 2025
    24 Mar

    Notification of intention to fell 1 no. Juniper tree.

    RefusedTree in Conservation Area25/00731/TCA
  4. 2016
    7 Jan

    Notification of intention to fell 1 no. Ash tree (marked on plan as T1).

    WithdrawnTree in Conservation Area16/00063/TCA
  5. 2011
    2 Aug

    Proposed garage / store.

    ApprovedHouseholder11/03264/DOM
  6. 2010
    26 Nov

    Non-material amendment to WR/10/03888/DOM

    ApprovedNon-material amendment10/05418/NMA

Source: Chichester

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