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Anchor Wood Ham Lane Scaynes Hill West Sussex

DM/17/4677Tree SurgeryApproved

Approved on 31 January 2018

Council decision: PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - T12 - Hornbeam toside/front of property. Remove overhanging branches back to the boundary line, taking into account growth points of 11a Hillcrest Close.

Received
13 November 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
High Weald
  1. Received13 Nov
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Jan
  5. Decided31 Jan

Decided in 79 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Anchor Wood Ham Lane Scaynes Hill West Sussex. Mid Sussex has handled 1,036 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 4 weeks longer than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address.

99% of trees applications at Mid Sussex District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Tree Surgery
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lindfield Rural

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2017
Consultation expiry
15 December 2017
Target decision date
8 January 2018
Committee meeting
5 January 2018
Permission expires
5 January 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
15 December 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06500505
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Ancient woodland: Anchor WoodPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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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© 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.

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