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Old Post Office Cottage Sandy Lane Watersfield Pulborough RH20 1NE

SDNP/13/00486/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 19 March 2013

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Fell 1 x Lawson Cypress and surgery to 1 x Bay trees (Works to Trees in a Conservation Area)

Received
4 February 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Pulborough and Coldwatham (Historic)
Agent
Andrew Gale Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target18 Mar
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Old Post Office Cottage Sandy Lane Watersfield Pulborough RH20 1NE. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Watersfield conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,890 applications in total for the RH20 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at South Downs were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
RH20 1NE
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Coldwaltham Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2013
Consultation expiry
7 March 2013
Consultation start
5 February 2013
Consultation end
26 February 2013
Last date for comments
7 March 2013
Target decision date
18 March 2013
Permission expires
19 March 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
Andrew Gale Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address
34 Carpenters Meadow Pulborough West Sussex RH20 2HQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 February 2013
Advertisement expiry
7 March 2013

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-02444299
Documents
12
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Watersfield Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old Crown HouseOn or next to this site
  • National park: South Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, 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 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.

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Source: South Downs

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