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4 Barnfield Gardens Ditchling BN6 8UE

SDNP/20/05364/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 3 March 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1. Oak tree, crown reduction of sides by 1.5meters. Remove 2 lowest limbs on East side back to branch collar

Received
1 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Ditchling And Westmeston Ward
Agent
Colwood Land Care Ltd
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Jan
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 92 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Barnfield Gardens Ditchling BN6 8UE. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Ditchling conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Ditchling And Westmeston Ward. We hold 1,707 applications in total for the BN6 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
BN6 8UE
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ditchling Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2020
Target decision date
26 January 2021
Decision issued
5 March 2021
Permission expires
5 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Colwood Land Care Ltd
Agent address
16 Ardings Close Ardingly RH17 6AN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09299784
Documents
4
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: DitchlingPart of the site
  • 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 (20)

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, 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.

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

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© 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.

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Source: South Downs

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