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Oldland Oldlands Avenue Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6LP

DM/26/1895Approved

Approved on 4 September 2026

Council decision: Permission

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T1-T4 x4 Lime tree - raise canopies by 3-4 metres and reduce overreaching limbs in garden and roadside by 2-3 metres. T5 Tulip tree in rear garden reduce by 3-4 metres all around.

Received
30 July 2026
Ward
Ardingly, Balcombe And Turners Hill
  1. Received30 Jul
  2. Validated30 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Sep

Decided in 36 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Oldland Oldlands Avenue Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6LP. Mid Sussex has handled 6,398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. The site is in the Balcombe conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,686 applications in total for the RH17 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
RH17 6LP
Parish
Balcombe

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 July 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Irene Fletcher

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Balcombe
  • 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

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    25 Nov

    Proposed rear/side single storey extension

    ApprovedHouseholderDM/24/2869

Source: Mid Sussex

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