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1 Yew Tree Cottages Down Street West Ashling PO18 8DP

SDNP/20/01298/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 15 May 2020

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of intention to reduce heights by 2-3m and reduce outer widths by 2m on 2 no. Yew trees (T1 and T2) and reduce widths on west sector by 2m on 6 no. Conifer trees (T3-T8).

Received
24 March 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lavant Ward CH
Agent
PDK Architecture and Surveying
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.4 May
  4. Target12 May
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Yew Tree Cottages Down Street West Ashling PO18 8DP. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the West Ashling conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 43 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 8DP
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Funtington Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2020
Last date for comments
4 May 2020
Target decision date
12 May 2020
Permission expires
15 May 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
PDK Architecture and Surveying
Agent address
29 Breach Avenue Southbourne Emsworth PO10 8NB Hampshire

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08608357
Documents
7
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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Source: South Downs

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