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The Old Parsonage Church Farm Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7RE

25/00196/TCATree in Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 5 March 2025

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of intention to fell 4 no. multi-stemmed Portuguese Laurel trees (G1), 2 no. Pittosporum trees and 2 no. Holly trees (G2), 1 no. Ash tree (T1), 4 no. Hawthorn trees (T2-T5) and 2 no. Cherry Laurel trees (T6 and T7).

Received
28 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Sidlesham With Selsey North
Agent
Chichester Tree Services
  1. Received28 Jan
  2. Validated28 Jan
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target11 Mar
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Parsonage Church Farm Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7RE. Chichester has handled 534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Chichester's typical decision time. The site is in the Sidlesham Church conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Sidlesham With Selsey North. 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 7RE
Application type
Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sidlesham

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 January 2025
Consultation expiry
26 February 2025
Consultation start
4 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
26 February 2025
Last date for comments
26 February 2025
Target decision date
11 March 2025
Permission expires
5 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Chichester Tree Services
Agent address
The Osiers Chichester West Sussex PO18 8DJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13729107
Documents
5
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 (21)

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, 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.

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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