Land Adjacent To The Bell Tower West Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1RP
Refused on 24 June 2024
Council decision: NOT TO PREPARE A TREE PRESERVATION ORDERDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Notification of intention to remove split limb (west sector) on 1 no. London Plane tree (quoted as 67). Crown thin by 10%, give 1m clearance around lamp and crown lift by 3m (above public footpath/ground level) on 1 no. 1 no. Flowering Cherry tree (quoted as 68).
- Received
- 17 May 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Chichester District Council
- Ward
- Chichester Central
- Agent
- Woodsmen Tree Services
- ReceivedReceived17 May
- ValidatedValidated17 May
- Consult.Consultation13 Jun
- TargetTarget Date28 Jun
- DecidedDecided24 Jun
Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Land Adjacent To The Bell Tower West Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1RP. Chichester has handled 534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Chichester's typical decision time. The site is in the Chichester conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 120 applications across Chichester Central. We hold 1,437 applications in total for the PO19 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
- PO19 1RP
- Application type
- Tree in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Chichester
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 May 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 13 June 2024
- Consultation start
- 23 May 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 June 2024
- Last date for comments
- 13 June 2024
- Target decision date
- 28 June 2024
- Permission expires
- 24 June 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Woodsmen Tree Services
- Agent address
- 137 North Bersted Street Bersted Bognor Regis PO22 9AG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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
- 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 (17)
flood storage areas, green belt, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.
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Source: Chichester
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