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Highfields West Hill East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4DL

DM/23/1662Tree SurgeryApproved

Approved on 16 August 2023

Council decision: PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Sycamore - To monolith previously snapped out Sycamore to crown break and remove single low limb to ground level. T2 & T3 Ash - To Monolith large leaning Ash (T2) to 8m and smaller suppressed Ash (T3) underneath to 3m. G1 (Red circle on plan) - To crown lift to 8m all vegetation overhanging the road along the applicants boundary from electric station down to old stump. T4 Sweet Chestnut - To crown reduce Sweet chestnut (tag number 1903) overhanging the neighbours property, by up to 5m due to recent limb failure.

Received
23 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Grinstead - Town
  1. Received23 Jun
  2. Validated23 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Aug
  5. Decided16 Aug

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Highfields West Hill East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4DL. Mid Sussex has handled 1,036 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across East Grinstead - Town. We hold 842 applications in total for the RH19 postcode area.

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

Postcode
RH19 4DL
Application type
Tree Surgery
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Grinstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 June 2023
Target decision date
18 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Broadleaf Tree Surgeons LTD White Hall Farm Rocky Lane Reigate RH2 0TA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12254416
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    17 Sep

    Discharge of BNG condition 1 relating to planning reference DM/24/3051

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDM/26/2261
  2. 2026
    25 Aug

    Discharge of Planning Condition No. 3 relating to Planning Application DM/24/3051

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDM/26/2092
  3. 2026
    15 Jul

    Discharge of planning conditions No's 4, 5 and 7 relating to planning application DM/24/3051

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDM/26/1727
  4. 2026
    27 Apr

    Discharge of Conditions 6 (Drainage) and Condition 9 (retaining wall) relating to DM/24/3051

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDM/26/1051
  5. 2024
    13 Dec

    Demolition of existing dwelling and the erection of a care home (Class C2) and a separate building with…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationDM/24/3051
  6. 2024
    6 Nov

    T1- Sweet Chestnut, remove 4 lowest branches, including crossing branch back to trunk and reduce higher…

    ApprovedTree SurgeryDM/24/2722

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