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Fulling Mill Cottage School Lane Fittleworth Pulborough West Sussex RH20 1JB

SDNP/23/03083/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 13 October 2023

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of intention to reduce height by 3m, reduce widths by up to 2m and crown thin by up to 10% on 1 no. Birch tree.

Received
21 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Fittleworth Ward CH
Agent
Sussex Timber Co Ltd
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.11 Oct
  4. Target16 Oct
  5. Decided13 Oct

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Fulling Mill Cottage School Lane Fittleworth Pulborough West Sussex RH20 1JB. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Fittleworth conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Fittleworth Ward CH. We hold 2,890 applications in total for the RH20 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
RH20 1JB
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Fittleworth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 September 2023
Last date for comments
11 October 2023
Target decision date
16 October 2023
Permission expires
13 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sussex Timber Co Ltd
Agent address
Steyning Road Wiston West Sussex BN44 3DD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Fittleworth
  • Listed building: Grade II: Fulling Mill CottageOn this site
  • 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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© 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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