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Windmill Cottage Southbrook Road West Ashling West Sussex PO18 8DN

SDNP/22/04278/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 October 2022

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of intention to crown raise by up to 5m (above ground level) on 1 no. Common Beech tree (A). Reduce height, south, east and west sectors by 1m and remove internal shoots on 1 no. Birch tree (B).

Received
13 September 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lavant Ward CH
  1. Received13 Sep
  2. Validated13 Sep
  3. Consult.19 Oct
  4. Target25 Oct
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Windmill Cottage Southbrook Road West Ashling West Sussex PO18 8DN. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the West Ashling conservation area, with 5 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 8DN
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Funtington Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 September 2022
Last date for comments
19 October 2022
Target decision date
25 October 2022
Permission expires
20 October 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11540077
Documents
5
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West Ashling
  • Listed building: Grade II: Windmill CottageOn this site · +3 more
  • 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 (18)

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, 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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