Upfield's Stores School Road Wisborough Green West Sussex RH14 0DT

16/00166/TCATree in Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 3 March 2016

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

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Proposal

Notification of intention to fell 1 no. Ash tree (T1) and 1 no. Pear tree (T3). Reduce height and lateral spreads by 2m on 1 no. Hawthorn tree (T2). Crown reduce by 50% on 1 no. Bay tree (T5). Reduce height and widths by 2m, crown thin by 10-15% and crown lift by up to 4m (above ground level) on 1 no. Maple tree (T6). Reduce heights by 2m and reshape spreads by 1m on 2 no. Crab Apple trees (T7 and T8). Remove lowest limb (growing towards property) on 1 no. Crab Apple tree (T8). Crown reduce height by 2m and lateral spreads by 0.5-1.0m on 1 no. Beech tree (T9).

Received: 15 January 2016
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Chichester District Council
Ward: Wisborough Green

ReceivedReceived15 Jan
ValidatedValidated25 Jan
Consult.Consultation25 Feb
TargetTarget Date6 Mar
DecidedDecided3 Mar

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Upfield's Stores School Road Wisborough Green West Sussex RH14 0DT. Chichester has handled 534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Chichester's typical decision time. The site is in the Barford St Michael conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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: 25 January 2016
Consultation expiry: 25 February 2016
Consultation start: 11 February 2016
Consultation end: 25 February 2016
Neighbour consultation start: 11 February 2016
Neighbour consultation end: 25 February 2016
Last date for comments: 25 February 2016
Target decision date: 6 March 2016
Decision issued: 4 March 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address: County Tree Surgeons Ltd Turners Hill Road Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4HQ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-04761180
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
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 (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.

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