Windmill Cottage Southbrook Road West Ashling West Sussex PO18 8DN
Approved on 19 November 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Reduce lowest limb on south sector by 50% (back to growth point) on 1 no. Poplar tree (T1) subject to FU/96/00534/TPO.
- Received
- 23 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lavant Ward CH
- ReceivedReceived23 Sep
- ValidatedValidated29 Sep
- Consult.Consultation3 Nov
- TargetTarget Date24 Nov
- DecidedDecided19 Nov
Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Windmill Cottage Southbrook Road West Ashling West Sussex PO18 8DN. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in the West Ashling conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 42 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 8DN
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Funtington Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 September 2025
- Last date for comments
- 3 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 24 November 2025
- Permission expires
- 19 November 2027
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14330956
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: West Ashling
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202213 Sep
Notification of intention to crown raise by up to 5m (above ground level) on 1 no. Common Beech tree (A)…
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/22/04278/TCA - 20191 Feb
Notification of intention to crown reduce by 1-2m on 1 no. Silver Birch tree and crown raise by up to 4m…
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/19/00552/TCA - 20191 Feb
Reduce height by 4m, reduce widths by 1-2m and crown thin by 10% on 1 no. Poplar tree (T1) subject to…
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderSDNP/19/00645/TPO
Source: South Downs
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