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The Vicarage The Street Wilmington Polegate East Sussex BN26 5SL

SDNP/23/01434/DDDTDead or Dangerous TreesApproved

Approved on 6 April 2023

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Ash-T1. Fell to leave high stump, at approx 3m height. Tree has dieback and basal decay. It is also situated over the grounds of the village hall, which are used frequently for events. Immediate removal planned for the above reasons

Received
31 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
East Dean Ward
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.21 Apr
  4. Target7 Apr
  5. Decided6 Apr

Decided in 6 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Vicarage The Street Wilmington Polegate East Sussex BN26 5SL. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 6 days, 7 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Wilmington conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across East Dean Ward. We hold 895 applications in total for the BN26 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
BN26 5SL
Application type
Dead or Dangerous Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Long Man Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2023
Last date for comments
21 April 2023
Target decision date
7 April 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
7 days

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wilmington
  • Listed building: Grade II: Priory PlaceOn or next to this site · +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 (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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Source: South Downs

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