Seek House Common Road Funtington West Sussex PO18 9LG
Approved on 14 August 2024
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Notification of intention to reduce height by 3m and crown thin by 10% on 1 no. Beech tree (T1), reduce height by 3m, reduce south sector by 3m and crown thin by 10% on 1 no. Beech tree (T2), reduce height by 3m, reduce south and east sectors by 2m and crown thin by 10% on 1 no. Beech tree (T3) and crown reduce by 2m (height and widths) and crown thin by 10% on 1 no. Copper Beech tree (T4).
- Received
- 1 July 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lavant Ward CH
- ReceivedReceived1 Jul
- ValidatedValidated1 Jul
- Consult.Consultation7 Aug
- TargetTarget Date12 Aug
- DecidedDecided14 Aug
Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Seek House Common Road Funtington West Sussex PO18 9LG. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Lavant Ward CH. We hold 1,433 applications in total for the PO18 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
- PO18 9LG
- Application type
- Tree in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Funtington Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 July 2024
- Last date for comments
- 7 August 2024
- Target decision date
- 12 August 2024
- Permission expires
- 14 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Arbtechnic
- Agent address
- Old Malthouse Cottage Rookwood Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 8QL United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13196996
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: FuntingtonPart of the site
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- 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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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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Source: South Downs
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