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Recreation Ground A272 The Luth To Durbans Road Wisborough Green RH14 0BN

17/02817/TCATree in Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 28 November 2017

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 epicormic growth up to 1.5m from base, crown lift by up to 3.65m and reduce 1 no. branch back by 2m (close to weathervane of 1 High Barn) on 1 no. Horse Chestnut tree (T1). Crown raise by between 2m to 3.65m (above ground level) on 25 no. Horse Chestnut trees (T2, T4, T6, T11, T24, T26, T28, T30, T32, T34-T39, T41-T43, T48, T49, T55, T56, T62, T64 and T70), 1 no. Oak tree (T51), 1 no. Aspen tree (T69) and 1 no. Acer spp. tree (T83). Remove epicormic growth up to 1.5m (above ground level) and crown raise up to 3.65m on 8 no. Horse Chestnut trees (T3, T14, T29, T50, T53, T60 and T61). Fell 1 no. Horse Chestnut tree (T9). Remove limb (on road side) and thin canopy by up to 20% on 1 no. Horse Chestnut (T18). Cut back by 1-1.5m on the southern sector (to clear traffic lights) on 1 no Horse Chestnut (T22). Crown lift western side by up to 3.65m on 1 no. Horse Chestnut tree (T31). Remove dead/dying branch on South-east side and over road, and crown lift up to 3.65m (above ground level) on 1 no. Horse Chestnut tree (T33). Crown thin by 20% on 1 no. Horse Chestnut (T65). Remove epicormic growth on 4 no. Horse Chestnut tree (T13, T19, T27 and T47), 1 no. Acer spp. tree (T71) and 6 no. Willow trees (T74, T76, T77, T79, T81 and T82).

Received
27 September 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Not Available
  1. Received27 Sep
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.16 Nov
  4. Target28 Nov
  5. Decided28 Nov

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Recreation Ground A272 The Luth To Durbans Road Wisborough Green RH14 0BN. 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 Wisborough Green conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 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 0BN
Application type
Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wisborough Green

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2017
Consultation expiry
21 November 2017
Consultation start
31 October 2017
Consultation end
16 November 2017
Neighbour consultation start
31 October 2017
Neighbour consultation end
16 November 2017
Last date for comments
22 November 2017
Target decision date
28 November 2017
Permission expires
28 November 2020

Planning decision

Case officer
Henry Whitby
Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
31 October 2017
Site notice end
21 November 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06414719
Documents
8
Constraints
12

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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Chichester

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