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Land South of Rooks Cottage The Street South Harting West Sussex GU31 5PZ

SDNP/24/03792/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 13 November 2024

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of intention to reduce northern sector (overhanging outbuilding) by up to 3m and crown thin by up to 20% on 1 no. Copper Beech tree (T1). Removal of off shoots from old Beech hedge by up to 10m (back to ground level) on 1 no. Copper Beech tree (T2). Fell 1 no. Hawthorn tree (T3) and 1 no. Silver Birch tree (T5). Crown thin by up to 20% and crown lift by up to 5m (above ground level) on 1 no. Silver Birch tree (T4). Reduce north sector by 2m, crown thin by 15-20% and crown lift by up to 5m (above ground level) on 1 no. Silver Birch tree (T6). Re-establish back down to 2.5m on 1 no. Mixed Hedge (T7). Crown thin by 20% on 1 no. Yew tree (T8). Remove 6 no. stems on eastern and western sectors on 1 no. Willow tree (T9). Remove cluster of 6 no. branches to create a coppice stool on 1 no. Willow tree (T10). Crown thin by 20% on 1 no. Willow tree (T11).

Received
13 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Harting Ward CH
  1. Received13 Sep
  2. Validated23 Sep
  3. Consult.31 Oct
  4. Target4 Nov
  5. Decided13 Nov

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land South of Rooks Cottage The Street South Harting West Sussex GU31 5PZ. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the South Harting conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Harting Ward CH. We hold 315 applications in total for the GU31 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
GU31 5PZ
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harting Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 September 2024
Last date for comments
31 October 2024
Target decision date
4 November 2024
Permission expires
13 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
JR TreeCare
Agent address
2 Bourne Way Midhurst GU29 9HZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13403928
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: South Harting
  • Listed building: Grade II: Rook'S CottageOn or next to this site · +3 more
  • National park: South Downs

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.

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