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Knowles Street Lane Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6UJ

DM/26/0804Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 30 April 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

G1: Yew x 2 - Fell. T2: Yew - Crown reduce by 3m. T3: Beech - Monolith to just above cavity in main stem at approx 9 - 10m. T4: Oak - Crown raise low branches over road by 5.5m. T5: Oak - Crown raise (small branches only) branches overhanging barn to 9m (not main limbs) from ground. Selectively thin branches overhanging barn by 20%. Crown reduce by 2m. No large wounds - all cuts to be taken to suitable growth points as per BS3998.

Received
30 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ardingly, Balcombe And Turners Hill
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated30 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 May
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 31 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Knowles Street Lane Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6UJ. 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. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 6UJ
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ardingly

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 March 2026
Target decision date
11 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: ArdinglyPart of the 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 (20)

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, 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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    11 Mar

    Oak Tree (T5) - Fell.

    WithdrawnTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/26/0632

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