4 High Street Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8TA
Approved on 2 February 2023
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 Holly - Reduce top height by 3.5 metersT2 Thuja Plicata - Reduce top height by 3.5 metersT3 Thuja Plicata- FellT4 Sycamore - Fell T5 Cotoneaster - Reduce top height by 2.5 metersT6 Cotoneaster - Reduce top height by 1.5 metersT7 Beech - Crown lift to 5 meters highT8 and T9 - Reduce top height by 3.5 metersG1 Bay - Reduce top height by 2.5 meters
- Received
- 10 January 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Ditchling And Westmeston Ward
- ReceivedReceived10 Jan
- ValidatedValidated10 Jan
- Consult.Consultation9 Feb
- TargetTarget Date21 Feb
- DecidedDecided2 Feb
Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 4 High Street Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8TA. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 5 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Ditchling conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 8TA
- Application type
- Tree in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ditchling Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 January 2023
- Last date for comments
- 9 February 2023
- Target decision date
- 21 February 2023
- Decision issued
- 14 February 2023
- Permission expires
- 14 February 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Branch Out Tree Care
- Agent address
- Flat 2 81 Lorna Road Hove BN3 3EL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11825708
- Documents
- 5
- Constraints
- 15
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Ditchling
- 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.
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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202414 Nov
T1- Cotoneaster- reduce height by 2 meters and reshape T2- Box Elder- 1.5 meters off top and reshape crown…
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/24/04754/TCA - 20243 Oct
T1 - Balsam Poplar - Pollard tree to new pruning points (to crown break, approx.13m/approx. 4-5m above…
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/24/04073/TCA
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