Church Gate Cottage Church Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7RH
Approved on 7 March 2025
Council decision: PERMITDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Reduce heights by 3m and reduce widths by 2m (all round) on 2 no. Lime trees (T1 & T2) subject to SI/12/00099/TPO.
- Received
- 17 January 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Chichester District Council
- Ward
- Sidlesham With Selsey North
- Agent
- Woodsmen Tree Services
- ReceivedReceived17 Jan
- ValidatedValidated17 Jan
- Consult.Consultation13 Feb
- TargetTarget Date14 Mar
- DecidedDecided7 Mar
Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Church Gate Cottage Church Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7RH. Chichester has handled 536 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Chichester's typical decision time. The site is in the Sidlesham Church conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Sidlesham With Selsey North. We hold 2,828 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 7RH
- Application type
- Tree Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Sidlesham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 January 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 13 February 2025
- Consultation start
- 23 January 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 February 2025
- Last date for comments
- 24 February 2025
- Target decision date
- 14 March 2025
- Permission expires
- 7 March 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Woodsmen Tree Services
- Agent address
- 137 North Bersted Street Bersted Bognor Regis PO22 9AG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13704511
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Sidlesham Church
- 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 (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.
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Planning history at this site
8 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201921 Feb
Crown reduce by 2-3m (all round) on 2 no. Lime trees (T1 & T2, shown on the plan the other way around)…
ApprovedTree Planning Application19/00552/TPA - 201817 Sep
New dormer window to roof on south elevation with first floor alterations and front porch.
ApprovedHouseholder18/02403/DOM - 201817 Sep
New dormer window to thatch roof with associated internal minor works. Refurbishment of entrance porch.
ApprovedListed building consent18/02404/LBC - 20156 Feb
Crown reduce by 2m all round (pruning back to suitable growth points) on 2 no. Lime trees (T1 & T2) subject…
ApprovedTree Planning Application15/00378/TPA - 201221 Sep
Re-pollard back to previous pollard points on 2 no. small-leaved Lime trees (T1 and T2) subject to…
RefusedTree Planning Application12/03723/TPA - 201224 Jan
Notification of intention to re-pollard 2 no. Lime trees (1 and 2).
ApprovedTree in Conservation Area12/00396/TCA - 201126 Apr
Notification of intention to fell 1 no. Poplar tree.
RefusedTree in Conservation Area11/01650/TCA - 20057 Jan
Notification of intention to re-pollard 2 no. Lime trees and crown reduce by 20% 2 no. Apple trees.
RefusedTree in Conservation Area05/00060/TCA
Source: Chichester
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