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Parkhill Cottage Sandy Lane Watersfield West Sussex RH20 1NF

SDNP/25/01765/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 22 May 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Robinia tree - Reduce tree back from property and neighbouring property by 4 meters and reduce remaining tree by 2 meters.

Received
25 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Pulborough, Coldwatham and Amberley
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated25 Apr
  3. Consult.23 May
  4. Target6 Jun
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Parkhill Cottage Sandy Lane Watersfield West Sussex RH20 1NF. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Watersfield conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Pulborough, Coldwatham and Amberley. We hold 2,892 applications in total for the RH20 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
RH20 1NF
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Coldwaltham Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 April 2025
Last date for comments
23 May 2025
Target decision date
6 June 2025
Permission expires
22 May 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
T&P tree surgery and landscaping
Agent address
14 Farndell Close Chichester PO19 7HB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13967687
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Watersfield Conservation Area
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    12 Nov

    T1- Honey Locust: Remove small diameter low handing branches to lift the crown to 4 meters from ground level…

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/25/04558/TCA
  2. 2020
    18 Aug

    Surgery to 1 x Honey Locust (Works to Trees in a Conservation Area)

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/20/03569/TCA
  3. 2014
    27 Aug

    Surgery to 1 x Honey Locust and 1 x Leyland Cypress Hedge (Trees in a Conservation Area)

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/14/04393/TCA
  4. 2012
    30 May

    Surgery to 1 x T1 Robinia, 1 x T2 Contorted Robinia, 1 x T3 Photinia x fraseri and 2 x T4 & T5 Yew trees…

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/12/00775/TCA
  5. 2005
    28 Apr

    Fell 1 Silver Birch tree (Works to trees in a Conservation Area)

    ApprovedWork to Trees in Conservation AreaDC/05/1067
  6. 2003
    18 Aug

    Fell 1 sycamore tree and remove hedgeSite: Parkhill Cottage Sandy Lane Watersfield

    ApprovedWork to Trees with a TPOCW/25/03

Source: South Downs

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