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St Andrew's Church The Street Bishopstone Village East Sussex

SDNP/23/00177/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 27 January 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

T1 - Holm Oak - Remove deadwood and lift/prune crown 3mT2 - Holm Oak - Cut back by 3m and shapeT3 - Cherry plum - Remove 3 x dead branchesT4 - Hawthorn - Remove deadwoodT5 - Rowan - Fell dead tree

Received
17 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Seaford West Ward
  1. Received17 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.23 Feb
  4. Target6 Mar
  5. Decided27 Jan

Decided in 4 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Andrew's Church The Street Bishopstone Village East Sussex. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 10 days, 7 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Seaford (Bishopstone) conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across Seaford West Ward.

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
Seaford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2023
Last date for comments
23 February 2023
Target decision date
6 March 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11848050
Documents
3
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Seaford (Bishopstone)
  • Listed building: Grade I: Church of St AndrewOn this site · +2 more
  • 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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