Recreation Ground A272 The Luth To Durbans Road Wisborough Green West Sussex
Refused on 11 February 2016
Council decision: NOT TO PREPARE A TREE PRESERVATION ORDERDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Notification of intention to crown raise by up to 3-3.5m (above ground level) on 11 no. Horse Chestnut trees (T17, T18, T34-T37, T39, T41-43 and T48), remove epicormic growth on 1 no. Horse Chestnut tree (T19), reduce south sector by 1m (to clear traffic lights) on 1 no. Horse Chestnut tree (T22), crown raise by up to 2-2.5m (above ground level) on 1 no. Horse Chestnut tree (T56), crown raise by up to 3m (above ground level) on 5 no. Horse Chestnut trees (T24-T26, T28 and T32), remove epicormic growth on 2 no. Horse Chestnut trees (T27 and T47), crown raise by up to 3m (above ground level) and remove epicormic growth on 1 no. Horse Chestnut tree (T29), crown raise western sector by up to 3.5m on 1 no. Horse Chestnut tree (T31), remove dead/dying split branch to south-west, crown thin by 20% and crown raise by up to 3.5m (above ground level) on 1 no. Horse Chestnut tree (T33), crown raise by up to 3.5m and reduce north sector by 1.8m (to be clear of road) on 1 no. Horse Chestnut tree (T38), remove epicormic growth on 1 no. Indian Horse Chestnut tree (T58), crown raise up to 2.5-3m (above ground level) on 4 no. Horse Chestnut trees (T59-T62) and remove epicormic growth up to lowest eastern lateral on 1 no. Horse Chestnut tree (T64).
- Received
- 1 December 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Chichester District Council
- Ward
- Wisborough Green
- ReceivedReceived1 Dec
- ValidatedValidated1 Dec
- Consult.Consultation8 Jan
- TargetTarget Date11 Jan
- DecidedDecided11 Feb
Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Recreation Ground A272 The Luth To Durbans Road Wisborough Green West Sussex. Chichester has handled 534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Chichester's typical decision time. The site is in the Wisborough Green conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address.
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
- Application type
- Tree in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wisborough Green
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 December 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 2 February 2016
- Consultation start
- 18 December 2015
- Consultation end
- 8 January 2016
- Last date for comments
- 2 February 2016
- Target decision date
- 11 January 2016
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 12 January 2016
- Site notice end
- 2 February 2016
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-04669416
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Wisborough Green
- Listed building: Grade II: Barn in the Grounds of Park Cottage to the South East of the HouseOn or next to this site · +17 more
- 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)
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202523 Jan
Notification of intention to reduce north-north/west sectors of upper crown by up to 2m on 1 no. Horse…
RefusedTree in Conservation Area25/00167/TCA - 202315 Dec
Notification of intention to remove epicormic growth on 6 no. Horse Chestnuts (T1, T19, T30, T34, T50 and…
RefusedTree in Conservation Area23/02864/TCA - 202223 Dec
Notification of intention to crown lift by up to 2m (above ground level) on 1 no. Horse Chestnut tree (T58)…
RefusedTree in Conservation Area22/03228/TCA - 20154 Nov
Notification of intention to fell 1 no. Red Horse Chestnut tree (quoted as T7).
RefusedTree in Conservation Area15/03690/TCA - 201420 Aug
Notification of intention to crown reduce by 25% on 1 no. Horse Chestnut tree (T7).
RefusedTree in Conservation Area14/02839/TCA - 20147 Jan
Notification of intention to carry out various tree works (crown lifting to 3-4m, removal of odd limbs, cut…
RefusedTree in Conservation Area14/00034/TCA
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