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The Verge of St Margarets Way St Margarets Way Midhurst West Sussex

SDNP/20/03041/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 21 September 2020

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of intention to crown reduce by 0.5m (heights and widths) on a row of 6 no. Hornbeam trees.

Received
24 July 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Midhurst War CH
Agent
Dryad Tree Specialists Ltd
  1. Received24 Jul
  2. Validated31 Jul
  3. Consult.4 Sep
  4. Target11 Sep
  5. Decided21 Sep

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Verge of St Margarets Way St Margarets Way Midhurst West Sussex. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Midhurst conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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

Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Midhurst Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 July 2020
Last date for comments
4 September 2020
Target decision date
11 September 2020
Permission expires
21 September 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Dryad Tree Specialists Ltd
Agent address
Oak Hill Wood Street Village Guildford GU3 3ET

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08908926
Documents
8
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

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, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2015
    23 Jan

    Non material amendment to MI/11/03310/FULNP

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentSDNP/15/00382/NMA

Source: South Downs

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