Finwood East Grinstead Road North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4HX

TW/15/0026/TPOWork to Trees (TPO)Approved

Approved on 11 June 2015

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

1x Oak A1 of the Order - reduce length of limb on North side of tree by approx. 7m to growth point. Thin remaining crown by approx 30%.

Received: 25 March 2015
Council: Lewes District Council
Ward: Chailey & Wivelsfield

ReceivedReceived25 Mar
ValidatedValidated25 Mar
Consult.Consultation18 Apr
TargetTarget Date20 May
DecidedDecided11 Jun

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Finwood East Grinstead Road North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4HX. Lewes has handled 355 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,970 applications in total for the BN8 postcode area.

89% of trees applications at Lewes District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: BN8 4HX
Application type: Work to Trees (TPO)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Chailey
District: TPO (No 7) 1990

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 March 2015
Consultation expiry: 15 April 2015
Last date for comments: 18 April 2015
Target decision date: 20 May 2015
Permission expires: 11 June 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 8 Downs View North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4HB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 1 April 2015
Advertisement expiry: 15 April 2015

Additional information

Comments: 0
Constraints: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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Source: Lewes

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