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Car Park City Gates 2 - 4 Southgate Chichester West Sussex

18/02819/TCATree in Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 10 January 2019

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

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Proposal

Notification of intention to crown raise by 4m (above ground level) and to cut back lateral branches to give 1.5m clearance west side on approx. 60 no. trees predominately Hornbeam trees. Crown raise by 5-5.5m and cut back lateral branches to give 1.5m clearance north side (from adjacent building) on approx. 6 no. trees predominately Hornbeam trees.

Received
24 October 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chichester South
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated30 Nov
  3. Consult.25 Dec
  4. Target11 Jan
  5. Decided10 Jan

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Car Park City Gates 2 - 4 Southgate Chichester West Sussex. Chichester has handled 534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Chichester's typical decision time. The site is in the Chichester conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Chichester South.

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
Chichester

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 November 2018
Consultation expiry
4 January 2019
Consultation start
4 December 2018
Consultation end
25 December 2018
Neighbour consultation start
4 December 2018
Neighbour consultation end
25 December 2018
Last date for comments
4 January 2019
Target decision date
11 January 2019
Permission expires
10 January 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Roundtop Trees 7 Alleyne Way Elmer Sands Bognor Regis PO22 6JZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
14 December 2018
Site notice end
4 January 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07376099
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Chichester
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation

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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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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