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The Chantry Canon Lane Chichester West Sussex

25/02776/TCATree in Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 19 December 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 1 no. Common Lime tree (T1).

Received
17 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chichester Central
Agent
Woodsmen Tree Services
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.16 Dec
  4. Target29 Dec
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Chantry Canon Lane Chichester West Sussex. Chichester has handled 534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 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.

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

Application type
Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chichester

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2025
Consultation expiry
16 December 2025
Consultation start
24 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
16 December 2025
Last date for comments
16 December 2025
Target decision date
29 December 2025
Permission expires
19 December 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Woodsmen Tree Services
Agent address
137 North Bersted Street Bersted Bognor Regis PO22 9AG

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14496165
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
20

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: The ChantryOn or next to this site · +5 more
  • Scheduled monument: Chichester City Walls, The Tower, Orchard StreetPart of the site
  • 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 (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, 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

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© 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.

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