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Saddlers Common Road Funtington PO18 9LG

SDNP/21/00182/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 3 March 2021

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Notification on intention to reduce by 0.5m (all round) on 2 no. espalier Pear trees (T2), 1 no. Magnolia tree (T11), 1 no. Pyracantha and 1 no. Smokebush (T12), crown reduce by 1m (all round) on 2 no. Apple trees (T4), crown reduce by 1.5m and crown thin by 10% on 1 no. Fig tree (T6), reduce height by 1.5m and reduce widths by 0.2m on 1 no. Laurel hedge (T7), crown reduce by 0.5m and crown lift by up to 0.5m (above ground level) on 1 no. Bay tree (T8), crown lift by up to 0.5m (above ground level) and remove 1 no. large limb on 1 no. Yew tree (T9), fell 1 no. Bay tree (T10) and reduce height by 0.5m on 1 no. Crab Apple tree (T13).

Received
14 January 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lavant Ward CH
  1. Received14 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Saddlers Common Road Funtington PO18 9LG. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Funtington conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 9LG
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Funtington Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2021
Last date for comments
26 February 2021
Target decision date
5 March 2021
Permission expires
3 March 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09318788
Documents
12
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Funtington
  • 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.

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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