1 Yew Tree Cottages Down Street West Ashling Chichester West Sussex PO18 8DP
Approved on 2 September 2016
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Notification of intention to reduce height down by 2-3m and reduce outer widths by 2m on 2 no. Yew trees.
- Received
- 4 July 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Funtington Ward
- ReceivedReceived4 Jul
- ValidatedValidated18 Jul
- Consult.Consultation15 Aug
- TargetTarget Date29 Aug
- DecidedDecided2 Sep
Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 1 Yew Tree Cottages Down Street West Ashling Chichester West Sussex PO18 8DP. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the West Ashling conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,433 applications in total for the PO18 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
- PO18 8DP
- Application type
- Tree in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Funtington Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 July 2016
- Last date for comments
- 15 August 2016
- Target decision date
- 29 August 2016
- Permission expires
- 2 September 2018
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: West Ashling
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- 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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202120 Jan
Notification of intention to fell 4 no. Leyland Cypress trees (quoted as G1).
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/21/00311/TCA - 202024 Mar
Notification of intention to reduce heights by 2-3m and reduce outer widths by 2m on 2 no. Yew trees (T1 and…
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/20/01298/TCA - 201919 Jun
Notification of intention to reduce west sectors by 1m on 3 to 4 no. Leyland Cypress trees.
RefusedTree in Conservation Area19/01625/TCA
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