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Stanmer Village Stanmer Park Brighton Brighton & Hove BN1 9PZ

SDNP/23/00376/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 3 March 2023

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Works to horse chestnut tree at north end of village, including thin the canopy by 30% to reduce weight and stress upon the structure of this tree, and perform some targeted reduction work (3m approx..) on the most extended limbs to further reduce the weight and end loading to reduce the risk of any damaging limb loss or structural failure

Received
26 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Hollingdean And Stanmer Ward
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Stanmer Village Stanmer Park Brighton Brighton & Hove BN1 9PZ. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Stanmer conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Hollingdean And Stanmer Ward. We hold 1,681 applications in total for the BN1 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
BN1 9PZ
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Non Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2023
Last date for comments
24 February 2023
Target decision date
9 March 2023
Permission expires
3 March 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
10

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: Stanmer
  • Registered park and garden: Stanmer Park
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Stanmer Park+1 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 (18)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, 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.

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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