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West Ashling Mill Down Street West Ashling Chichester West Sussex PO18 8DS

SDNP/19/05518/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 23 December 2019

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Notification of intention to reduce height by 4m, reduce north sector by 2m and west and east sectors by 4m on 1 no. Willow tree (T1), reduce height, east and west sectors by 4m on 2 no. Willow trees (T2 and T3), reduce height, west and south sectors by 4m on 1 no. Willow tree (T4), crown reduce by 4m (all round) on 3 no. Willow trees (T5, T7 and T8) and crown reduce by 3m (all round) on 1 no. Willow tree (T6).

Received
18 November 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lavant Ward CH
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.23 Dec
  4. Target30 Dec
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at West Ashling Mill Down Street West Ashling Chichester West Sussex PO18 8DS. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the West Ashling conservation area. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Lavant Ward CH. 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 8DS
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Funtington Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2019
Last date for comments
23 December 2019
Target decision date
30 December 2019
Permission expires
23 December 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
14 Willow Gardens Emsworth Hampshire PO10 8TX

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • 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

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.

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.

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    27 Jan

    Notification of intention to crown reduce by 30% on 1 no. Salix babylonica tree (T1). Reduce height and…

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/23/00365/TCA
  2. 2017
    2 Oct

    Notification on intention to fell 1 no. Sycamore.

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/17/05167/TCA
  3. 2016
    6 Dec

    Notification of intention to crown reduce by 3m (all around) on 1 no. Willow tree.

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/16/06149/TCA
  4. 2016
    7 Sep

    Discharge of conditions 7, 8 and 12 from listed building consent SDNP/15/06372/LIS

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/16/04503/DCOND
  5. 2016
    20 Jun

    Discharge of conditions 5 and 6 of permission SDNP/15/06271/HOUS

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/16/03255/DCOND
  6. 2016
    20 Jun

    Discharge of conditions 3, 4, 5 , 6 , 9, 10 and 11 of permission SDNP/15/06272/LIS

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/16/03256/DCOND

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