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Stanmer Park Wellbeing Garden Stanmer Park Brighton Brighton & Hove BN1 9PZ

SDNP/19/04547/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 8 November 2019

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Norway spruce x 3 (N1, N2, N3) - fell because of shading and low biodiversity value. The trees are planted too close together and will out compete each other for light.Elm/Prunus? (EP1) - fell because tree is leaning over veg plots and is dyingPine (P1) reduce the crown of the largest pine nearest the veg plots by 30% to reduce shadow Pines (P2 - P7) - Thin by 50 % because trees are out-competing each other for light and causing excessive shadingGoat Willow (G1) Remove as it is leaning over pond and causing excessing shadingGoat Willow (G2) Pollard and coppice to make safe and to remove excessive shading from pond.Goat Willow (G2 - 7) Remove leaning willow and/or coppiceCherry (C1) - make safe by removing one of two co-dominant stems.Non-native species (NN1) remove as it is dyingAsh - coppice all ash treesReplant with native oak, wild cherry, beech, hazel, field maple, crab apple, spindle, dogwood where there is room for the trees to grow naturally

Received
18 September 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Hollingdean And Stanmer Ward
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.21 Oct
  4. Target11 Nov
  5. Decided8 Nov

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Stanmer Park Wellbeing Garden Stanmer Park Brighton Brighton & Hove BN1 9PZ. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Hollingdean And Stanmer Ward. We hold 1,681 applications in total for the BN1 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
BN1 9PZ
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Non Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2019
Last date for comments
21 October 2019
Target decision date
11 November 2019
Permission expires
8 November 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08141707
Documents
8
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Registered park and garden: Stanmer Park
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Stanmer Park
  • National park: South Downs
  • Local nature reserve: Stanmer Park/Coldean
  • 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national 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.

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

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: South Downs

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