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Recreation Ground A272 The Luth To Durbans Road Wisborough Green West Sussex

15/03976/TCATree in Conservation AreaRefused

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
Ward
Wisborough Green
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.8 Jan
  4. Target11 Jan
  5. Decided11 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

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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