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The Old Lodge Common Road Funtington West Sussex PO18 9LG

SDNP/24/02989/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 3 September 2024

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of intention to reduce height by 3m on 1 no. Bay tree (T1). Reduce eastern sector by 3m (over road) on 1 no. Lime tree (T2).

Received
23 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lavant Ward CH
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated23 Jul
  3. Consult.3 Sep
  4. Target3 Sep
  5. Decided3 Sep

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Lodge Common Road Funtington West Sussex PO18 9LG. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Funtington conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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
23 July 2024
Last date for comments
3 September 2024
Target decision date
3 September 2024
Permission expires
3 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Top Branch Tree Works
Agent address
12 Stoney Meadow North Mundham Chichester West Sussex PO20 1AY United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13264661
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Funtington
  • Listed building: Grade II: Funtington LodgeOn this site · +1 more
  • 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 (18)

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, 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: 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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