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Walnut Tree Cottage Itchenor Road West Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7AB

24/01495/TCATree in Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 5 August 2024

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

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Notification of intention to fell 2 no. Bay trees (T1 and T2).

Received
28 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
The Witterings
  1. Received28 Jun
  2. Validated28 Jun
  3. Consult.29 Jul
  4. Target9 Aug
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Walnut Tree Cottage Itchenor Road West Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7AB. 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 West Itchenor conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,827 applications in total for the PO20 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
PO20 7AB
Application type
Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Itchenor

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 June 2024
Consultation expiry
29 July 2024
Consultation start
5 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
29 July 2024
Last date for comments
29 July 2024
Target decision date
9 August 2024
Permission expires
5 August 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Arbtechnic
Agent address
Old Malthouse Cottage Rookwood Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 8QL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13197261
Documents
6
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: West Itchenor
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Chichester Harbour
  • 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 (19)

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, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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