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West Sussex County Council County Hall West Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1RF

24/02233/TCATree in Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 14 November 2024

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 basal growths on 5 no. Lime trees (group 0TUJ and OTUR), remove epicormic basal growths and crown lift by up to 3m (above ground level) on 1 no. Lime tree (0TUT) and reduce southern sector to achieve 1m clearance from building on 1 no. Field Maple tree (0TUV).

Received
4 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chichester Central
Agent
County Tree Surgeons Ltd
  1. Received4 Oct
  2. Validated11 Oct
  3. Consult.13 Nov
  4. Target22 Nov
  5. Decided14 Nov

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at West Sussex County Council County Hall West Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1RF. Chichester has handled 534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Chichester's typical decision time. The site is in the Chichester conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications 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 1RF
Application type
Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chichester

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 October 2024
Consultation expiry
13 November 2024
Consultation start
23 October 2024
Neighbour consultation end
13 November 2024
Last date for comments
13 November 2024
Target decision date
22 November 2024
Permission expires
14 November 2027

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13460124
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Chichester
  • Listed building: Grade II: Garden Wall Behind Langley House to North and East SidesOn this site · +11 more
  • 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 (19)

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, 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

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.

Source: Chichester

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