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Lodsworth Cottage The Street Lodsworth Petworth West Sussex GU28 9BZ

SDNP/24/00445/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 21 March 2024

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of intention to reduce heights and widths by 1.5m (all round) on 1 no Mulberry tree (T1) and 1 no. Apple tree (T2). Crown reduce by 40% on 1 no. Indian Bean tree (T3) and reducing 5 no. lower limbs by 2m (on the southern sector - towards the property) on 1 no. Magnolia tree (T4).

Received
30 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Easebourne Ward CH
Agent
Drew Curran Tree Services
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated8 Feb
  3. Consult.20 Mar
  4. Target21 Mar
  5. Decided21 Mar

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Lodsworth Cottage The Street Lodsworth Petworth West Sussex GU28 9BZ. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lodsworth conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Easebourne Ward CH. We hold 576 applications in total for the GU28 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
GU28 9BZ
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lodsworth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 February 2024
Last date for comments
20 March 2024
Target decision date
21 March 2024
Permission expires
21 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Drew Curran Tree Services
Agent address
35 Hillside Road Storrington West Sussex UK RH20 3LZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lodsworth
  • Listed building: Grade II: Lodsworth CottageOn this site · +3 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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