Summerheys Elms Lane West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8LW
Approved on 24 August 2026
Council decision: NOT TO PREPARE A TREE PRESERVATION ORDER
Proposal
Notification of intention to crown reduce back to previous pruning points on 2 no. Acer negundo trees (T1 and T2). Crown reduce back to previous pruning points on 1 no. Eucalyptus tree (T3). Reduce heights by 1.4m on 3 no. Hoherias trees (T4-T6).
- Received
- 17 July 2026
- Council
- Chichester District Council
- ReceivedReceived17 Jul
- ValidatedValidated17 Jul
- Consult.Consultation14 Aug
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided24 Aug
Decided in 38 days
About this application
This is a planning application at Summerheys Elms Lane West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8LW. Chichester has handled 6,459 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 Wittering conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 2,827 applications in total for the PO20 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- PO20 8LW
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 July 2026
- Consultation end
- 14 August 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: West Wittering
- 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.
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Chichester
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