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7 Orchid Park Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3JF

DM/25/2653Tree SurgeryApproved

Approved on 24 November 2025

Council decision: PermissionDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

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Proposal

Pine Tree - Fell to above ground level.

Received
17 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Haywards Heath - Franklands
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Dec
  5. Decided24 Nov

Decided in 38 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 7 Orchid Park Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3JF. Mid Sussex has handled 1,036 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 11 days quicker than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Haywards Heath - Franklands. We hold 995 applications in total for the RH16 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
RH16 3JF
Application type
Tree Surgery
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Haywards Heath

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2025
Target decision date
12 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
KPS Contractors Ltd KPS House Ham Lane Scaynes Hill Haywards Heath RH17 7PR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14418906
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lewes RoadNext to 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, 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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© 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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Source: Mid Sussex

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