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27 Silverdale Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0ED

DM/26/1471Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 6 July 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Three conifers at front of property, reduce to hedge level as dead/dying. Yew tree against garage, reduce canopy by 1m all over.

Received
30 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Burgess Hill - Franklands
  1. Received30 Apr
  2. Validated30 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Jun
  5. Decided6 Jul

Decided in 67 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 27 Silverdale Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0ED. Mid Sussex has handled 1,036 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 3 weeks longer than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. The site is in the Silverdale Road and Birchwood Grove Road conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Burgess Hill - Franklands. We hold 747 applications in total for the RH15 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
RH15 0ED
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Burgess Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 April 2026
Target decision date
11 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Holly Tree Surgeons Black Dog Cottage East, Plawhatch Lane, Sharpthorne. East Sussex RH19 4JG

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Silverdale Road and Birchwood Grove Road
  • 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.

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.

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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