Holy Trinity Church Poynings Road Poynings West Sussex
Approved on 4 May 2021
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Common Ash tree REF: 09MN - Section fell down to as close to ground level as possible. Tree canopy appears to be at least 50% dead. Ivy removal from around stem base revealed bark coming away with ease.
- Received
- 23 March 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Hurstpierpoint And Downs Ward
- Agent
- County Tree Surgeons Ltd
- ReceivedReceived23 Mar
- ValidatedValidated23 Mar
- Consult.Consultation20 Apr
- TargetTarget Date4 May
- DecidedDecided4 May
Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Holy Trinity Church Poynings Road Poynings West Sussex. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Poynings conservation area, with 4 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
- Poynings Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 March 2021
- Last date for comments
- 20 April 2021
- Target decision date
- 4 May 2021
- Permission expires
- 4 May 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- County Tree Surgeons Ltd
- Agent address
- Turners Hill Road Crawley Down Crawley RH10 4HQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-09655456
- Documents
- 5
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Poynings
- 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, 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
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201921 Feb
Replace wooden frame doors at the entrance to the church with doors made entirely of galvanised steel which…
ApprovedFull ApplicationSDNP/19/00836/FUL - 201930 Jan
Replace wooden frame doors at the entrance to the church with doors made entirely of galvanised steel which…
WithdrawnListed building consentSDNP/19/00440/LIS
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