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Land Adj. To Brushes Lucastes Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1LB

DM/26/0482Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 27 March 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Oak (T1010000)- Whole crown reduction by approximately 2-2.5m (to near previous reduction points), and crown lift to 5m above ground level on all aspects to provide sufficient clearance to the highway and adjacent property.

Received
24 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Haywards Heath - Lucastes And Bolnore
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Apr
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 31 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land Adj. To Brushes Lucastes Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1LB. Mid Sussex has handled 1,036 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 3 weeks quicker than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Haywards Heath - Lucastes And Bolnore. 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 1LB
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Haywards Heath

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2026
Target decision date
7 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14731228
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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

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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