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Ailsa Craig 5 Mill Gap Road Eastbourne East Sussex BN21 2JE

230340Tree Works - Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 23 May 2023

Council decision: Approved conditionallyDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Silver Birch and T2 Holly-remove as dead T3 Cherry-cut back by approx.1m T4 Rowan-trim by approx.80cm T5 Bay tree in neighbouring garden)-remove 2m to 3m T6 Cherry-cut back by 1m T7 Pear-remove the dead and unhealthy branches

Received
20 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Upperton
  1. Received20 May
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Aug
  5. Decided23 May

About this application

This is a tree application at Ailsa Craig 5 Mill Gap Road Eastbourne East Sussex BN21 2JE. Eastbourne has handled 70 applications of this type. This one was decided in 3 days, 4 days quicker than Eastbourne's typical decision time. The site is in the South Lynn Drive conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Upperton. We hold 144 applications in total for the BN21 postcode area.

100% of trees applications at Eastbourne Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 1 week (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BN21 2JE
Application type
Tree Works - Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2023
Target decision date
14 August 2023
Application expires
28 August 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12176869
UPRN
100060014541
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: South Lynn Drive
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

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: Eastbourne

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