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Bardsley Cottage River Lane Watersfield Pulborough West Sussex RH20 1NG

SDNP/14/01768/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 2 May 2014

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Fell 4 x Pine and 1 x Crategus trees (Works to Trees in a Conservation Area)

Received
2 April 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Pulborough and Coldwatham (Historic)
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.29 Apr
  4. Target14 May
  5. Decided2 May

Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Bardsley Cottage River Lane Watersfield Pulborough West Sussex RH20 1NG. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Watersfield conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 2,892 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 1NG
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Coldwaltham Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2014
Last date for comments
29 April 2014
Target decision date
14 May 2014
Permission expires
2 May 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
13

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: Bardsley CottageOn 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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Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2018
    26 Jun

    Fell 2 x Leyland Cypress, Surgery 1 x Leyland Cypress, 1 x Douglas Fir (works to Trees in a conservation Area)

    WithdrawnConservation Area Notification (S211)DC/18/1393
  2. 2018
    26 Jun

    Fell 2 x Leyland Cypress, Surgery 1 x Leyland Cypress, 1 x Douglas Fir (works to Trees in a conservation Area)

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/18/03542/TCA
  3. 2016
    29 Feb

    Fell 1 x Douglas Fir and surgery to 1 x Douglas Fir (Works to Trees in a Conservation Area)

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/16/01286/TCA
  4. 2015
    22 May

    Home Office in garden of Bardsley Cottage, to be constructed from wood on a concrete base and size not…

    ApprovedHouseholderSDNP/15/02544/HOUS
  5. 2014
    3 Jun

    Take down porch structure from end (S/E) elevation (Listed Building Consent)

    ApprovedListed building consentSDNP/14/02803/LIS
  6. 2012
    5 Nov

    Change window on rear elevation to pair of French doors; raise kitchen ceiling to incorporate two…

    ApprovedHouseholderSDNP/12/02725/FUL

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