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4 Searles Cottages The Green Horsted Keynes Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7AP

DM/25/0530Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 10 April 2025

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 - Eucalyptus - Fell due to root encroachment on the neighbouring property, causing damage to concrete paths and the fence. The tree has not been maintained for over 10 years and has grown large and disproportionate to the garden size.

Received
28 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lindfield Rural And High Weald
  1. Received28 Feb
  2. Validated28 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Apr
  5. Decided10 Apr

Decided in 41 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Searles Cottages The Green Horsted Keynes Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7AP. Mid Sussex has handled 1,036 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days quicker than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. The site is in the Horsted Keynes conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,686 applications in total for the RH17 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
RH17 7AP
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Horsted Keynes

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 February 2025
Target decision date
11 April 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Horsted Keynes
  • Listed building: Grade II: Horsted Keynes Mission HallOn or next to this site
  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Mid Sussex

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