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The Old Vicarage The Street Bishopstone Village East Sussex BN25 2UD

SDNP/24/04315/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 31 December 2024

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

T1 - Apple - removal as tree is diseased/dead T2 - Horse Chestnut - crown raising by 4 metre clearance from ground level

Received
18 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Seaford West Ward
  1. Received18 Oct
  2. Validated18 Oct
  3. Consult.7 Nov
  4. Target29 Nov
  5. Decided31 Dec

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Vicarage The Street Bishopstone Village East Sussex BN25 2UD. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Seaford (Bishopstone) conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across Seaford West Ward. We hold 1,428 applications in total for the BN25 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
BN25 2UD
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seaford Town Council
District
Seaford Bishopstone Conservation Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 October 2024
Last date for comments
7 November 2024
Target decision date
29 November 2024
Decision issued
2 January 2025
Permission expires
2 January 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
GND Tree Surgery
Agent address
13 Rose Walk Seaford BN25 3DH

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13491787
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Seaford (Bishopstone)
  • 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 (20)

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, 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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© 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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