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Ambrose Cottage 70 Meads Road Eastbourne East Sussex BN20 7QJ

250074Tree Works - Tree Preservation OrdersApproved

Approved on 13 February 2025

Council decision: Approved conditionallyDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1,T2,T3&T5 Holm Oak:reduce by 3m to 4m all-round.Reduce crown to 10m-11m above ground T4 Holm oak:reduce by 2m to 3m all-round.Reduce crown to 6m-7m above ground T6 Holm Oak:reduce by 5m to 6m all-round. Crown reduction to 10m-11m above ground T7 Holm Oak:reduce by 3m to 4mall-round.Crown reduction to 5m-6m above ground T8 Holm Oak: reduce by3m to 4m all-round.Crown reduction to 15m-16m above ground T9&T10 HolmOak:reduce by 3m to 4m all-round.Crown reduction to 12m-13m above ground T1-T10 Holm Oak:remove epicormic growth to 3m in height

Received
7 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Meads
  1. Received7 Feb
  2. Validated7 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Apr
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 6 days (council typically 7)

About this application

This is a tree application at Ambrose Cottage 70 Meads Road Eastbourne East Sussex BN20 7QJ. Eastbourne has handled 70 applications of this type. This one was decided in 6 days. The site is in the Cleadon conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Meads. We hold 355 applications in total for the BN20 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
BN20 7QJ
Application type
Tree Works - Tree Preservation Orders
Scale / size
Small
District
Polling District C

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 February 2025
Consultation expiry
14 May 2025
Target decision date
4 April 2025
Application expires
4 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
7 Field Way Ditchling BN6 8UA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3368958
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 1 October 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13759780
UPRN
10010651362
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Meads
  • 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

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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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