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Windmill Cottage Southbrook Road West Ashling Chichester West Sussex PO18 8DN

SDNP/19/00552/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 26 March 2019

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of intention to crown reduce by 1-2m on 1 no. Silver Birch tree and crown raise by up to 4m (above ground level) on 1 no. Beech tree.

Received
1 February 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Funtington Ward
  1. Received1 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.18 Mar
  4. Target26 Mar
  5. Decided26 Mar

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Windmill Cottage Southbrook Road West Ashling Chichester West Sussex PO18 8DN. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the West Ashling conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 8DN
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Funtington Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2019
Last date for comments
18 March 2019
Target decision date
26 March 2019
Permission expires
26 March 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
GP Tree Works 57 Kingsham Avenue Chichester PO19 8AY

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West Ashling
  • Listed building: Grade II: Windmill CottageOn this site · +3 more
  • 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 (18)

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, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2019
    1 Feb

    Notification of intention to crown reduce by 1-2m on 1 no. Silver Birch tree and crown raise by up to 4m…

    This applicationApprovedTreesSDNP/19/00552/TCA
  2. 2019
    1 Feb

    Reduce height by 4m, reduce widths by 1-2m and crown thin by 10% on 1 no. Poplar tree (T1) subject to…

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderFiled alongsideSDNP/19/00645/TPO

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