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St Giles Church Church Lane Horsted Keynes West Sussex

DM/24/0278Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 24 June 2024

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

G1- mixed species - crown lift to 3m from ground level along path. T001 and T002 Limes - crown lift to 3m from ground level over path. T003 Cypress - reduce height of crown by 3m and reduction of contorted branches by 1m. T005 Yew - crown lift to 3m over path. T009 and T010 Ash trees showing signs of advanced die back - remove. T012 Ash - crown lift to 4m from ground level over playing field by removing low long branch to fence line. T014 Lime re-pollard within 2 years.

Received
5 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lindfield Rural And High Weald
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated29 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Jul
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 26 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Giles Church Church Lane Horsted Keynes West Sussex. Mid Sussex has handled 1,036 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 13 weeks longer than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. The site is in the Horsted Keynes conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 134 applications across Lindfield Rural And High Weald.

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
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Horsted Keynes

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 May 2024
Target decision date
10 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
10 Cheeleys Horsted Keynes Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7AU

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Horsted KeynesPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade I: Parish Church of St GilesOn this site · +2 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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, 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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