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Mercers Mead Oakfield Road Cowfold West Sussex

DC/17/0893Work to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 1 June 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Fell 1 x Cherry Tree (Works to Trees in a Conservation Area)

Received
24 April 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead
Agent
G Burley Ltd
  1. Received24 Apr
  2. Validated24 Apr
  3. Consult.23 May
  4. Target5 Jun
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Mercers Mead Oakfield Road Cowfold West Sussex. Horsham has handled 697 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Horsham's typical decision time. The site is in the Cowfold conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead.

98% of trees applications at Horsham 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
Work to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cowfold PC

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 April 2017
Consultation expiry
23 May 2017
Consultation end
23 May 2017
Neighbour consultation end
23 May 2017
Target decision date
5 June 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
G Burley Ltd
Agent address
Burleys Corner South Holmwood Dorking RH5 4LJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06014619
Documents
5
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Cowfold Conservation Area
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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© 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.

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