West Wing St Georges Mill Lane North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4EG
Approved on 5 July 2021
Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Mulit stemmed ash tree, the ash tree has 4 stems, it has succumb to ash die back and is now coved in epicormic growth, and is dying back from the tips with larage areas of dead, We wish to remove the dead wood and retrenchment prune the whole tree. This is to take out the sail effect and prevent future limbs snapping out. The locals love the tree and want to try to keep it as long as possible even if its just for a few more years.
- Received
- 12 April 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Lewes District Council
- Ward
- Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey
- ReceivedReceived12 Apr
- ValidatedValidated12 Apr
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date7 Jun
- DecidedDecided5 Jul
Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at West Wing St Georges Mill Lane North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4EG. Lewes has handled 355 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in the Chailey (St George's) conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey. 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 4EG
- Application type
- Work to Trees (TPO)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Chailey
- District
- TPO(No.3) 1996
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 April 2021
- Target decision date
- 7 June 2021
- Permission expires
- 5 July 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- DPH Tree Surgery
- Agent address
- 22 Highland Road Haywards Heath RH16 4DP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Chailey (St George's)
- 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.
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Source: Lewes
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