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Whittington Lodge Grassington Road Eastbourne East Sussex BN20 7BJ

260312Tree Works - Tree Preservation OrdersApproved

Approved on 21 July 2026

Council decision: Approved conditionally

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1-T4 Holm Oak:reduce,reshape and re-balance by approximately 3-4m allover to growth points.Remove unnecessary basal/stem epicormic growth and raise crown to approximately 5m over footpath/highway

Received
3 June 2026
Ward
Meads
  1. Received3 Jun
  2. Validated3 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Jul
  5. Decided21 Jul

Decided in 48 days (council typically 7)

About this application

This is a planning application at Whittington Lodge Grassington Road Eastbourne East Sussex BN20 7BJ. Eastbourne has handled 23 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 6 weeks longer than Eastbourne's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 72 applications across Meads. We hold 355 applications in total for the BN20 postcode area.

100% of tree works - tree preservation orders 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 7BJ
Application type
Tree Works - Tree Preservation Orders

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 June 2026
Target decision date
29 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
41 Lansdowne Way Hailsham BN27 1LU

Planning decision

Case officer
Arboricultural Team

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: CollegePart of the site
  • 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    26 Jan

    T1, T2, T3, T4 Holm Oak: Crown reduction 5m maximum

    ApprovedTree Works - Tree Preservation Orders260045

Source: Eastbourne

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