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6 London Road Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6PZ

DM/26/0603Tree SurgeryApproved

Approved on 12 May 2026

Council decision: Permission3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T5 Yew - crown reduce by approximately 2-3 metres, back to appropriate growth points. T4 Cherry - Fell to ground level. T2 Oak - remove epicormic growth from main stem.

Received
9 March 2026
Ward
Ardingly, Balcombe And Turners Hill
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated9 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 May
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 64 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 6 London Road Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6PZ. Mid Sussex has handled 1,036 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 2 weeks longer than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 116 applications across Ardingly, Balcombe And Turners Hill. 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 6PZ
Application type
Tree Surgery
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Balcombe

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 March 2026
Target decision date
4 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

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, 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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© 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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