Old Rectory Old Rectory Lane Pulborough West Sussex RH20 2AF
Approved on 2 September 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Surgery to 1x Sycamore
- Received
- 24 June 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Horsham District Council
- Ward
- Pulborough, Coldwaltham and Amberley
- ReceivedReceived24 Jun
- ValidatedValidated26 Jun
- Consult.Consultation21 Jul
- TargetTarget Date21 Aug
- DecidedDecided2 Sep
Decided in 68 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Old Rectory Old Rectory Lane Pulborough West Sussex RH20 2AF. Horsham has handled 697 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Horsham's typical decision time. The site is in the Pulborough, Church Place conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Pulborough, Coldwaltham and Amberley. We hold 2,890 applications in total for the RH20 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- RH20 2AF
- Application type
- Work to Trees with a TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Pulborough PC
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 June 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 21 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 21 July 2025
- Last date for comments
- 21 July 2025
- Target decision date
- 21 August 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Absolute Arboriculture
- Agent address
- Maple Lodge Brighton Road Lower Beeding RH13 6PS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14123473
- Documents
- 5
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Pulborough (Church Place) Conservation Area
- Tree Preservation Order: TPO/0253Part of the site · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202619 Oct
Surgery 1 x Beech and 3 x Sycamore (Works to Trees in a Conservation Area)
PendingApplicationDC/26/1647 - 202612 Jun
Surgery to 1x Scots Pine (Works to Trees in a Conservation Area).
ApprovedConservation Area Notification (S211)CA/26/0070 - 202431 Jul
Surgery to 3x Sycamore (Acer Pseudoplantanus) and 1x Beech (Fagus).
ApprovedWork to Trees with a TPODC/24/1166
Source: Horsham
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