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26 The Street Firle East Sussex BN8 6NS

SDNP/25/02966/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 13 August 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

T1 - Bay Tree - Fell to Base and Remove Stump

Received
18 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Ouse Valley And Ringmer Ward
  1. Received18 Jul
  2. Validated18 Jul
  3. Consult.5 Aug
  4. Target29 Aug
  5. Decided13 Aug

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 26 The Street Firle East Sussex BN8 6NS. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Firle conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Ouse Valley And Ringmer Ward. We hold 1,970 applications in total for the BN8 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
BN8 6NS
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Firle Parish Council
District
Firle Conservation Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 July 2025
Last date for comments
5 August 2025
Target decision date
29 August 2025
Permission expires
13 August 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Regenerative Forestry
Agent address
89 Sunset Road Totton Hampshire SO40 3LB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14185560
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Firle
  • Listed building: Grade II: 11 and 12, the DockOn this site · +17 more
  • Registered park and garden: Firle PlacePart of the site
  • 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 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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