The Rectory Church Lane Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6UR

DM/26/2210Approved

Approved on 13 October 2026

Council decision: No Objection

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

Proposal

Tulip Tree (T1)- remove major deadwood from crown and prune crown away from roof by up to 2 metres (2.0-2.5 metres). Group Lawson Cypress's (T2) along Orchard Glebe boundary - fell to ground level. Laurel hedge (T4) - reduce top to approximately 3 metres to follow existing hedge (by no more than 3 metres). x1 Ash (T5) - fell to ground level. x1 Ash (T7) - fell to ground level.

Received: 9 September 2026
Public comments: 0 · last counted 21 October 2026
Council: Mid Sussex District Council
Ward: Ardingly, Balcombe And Turners Hill

ReceivedReceived9 Sep
ValidatedValidated9 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date21 Oct
DecidedDecided13 Oct

Decided in 34 days

About this application

This is a planning application at The Rectory Church Lane Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6UR. Mid Sussex has handled 6,398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 2 weeks quicker than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. The site is in the Ardingly conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. 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.

Application details

Postcode: RH17 6UR
Parish: Ardingly

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 September 2026
Target decision date: 21 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Beth Howland-Smith

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Ardingly
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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Mid Sussex

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