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The Forge 249 Selham Road South Ambersham Graffham West Sussex GU29 0BX

SDNP/25/03863/TCAApproved

Approved on 16 December 2025

Council decision: Raise No Objection

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Notification of intention to crown reduce by 30% (all round) and crown lift/give clearance off overhanging outbuilding's roof by 1m on 1 no. Fig tree (T1) and 1 no. Box Elder tree (T7), fell 1 no. Cherry tree (T2) and 1 no. Crack Willow tree (in G2), crown reduce by 2m (all round) 1 no. Silver Birch tree (T3) and 1 no. Ash tree (T4), crown reduce by up to 3m (as one crown) and crown thin by 10% on 1 no. Ash clump (G1x3) and crown reduce by 25% on 2 no. Leyland Cypress trees (in G2).

Received
24 September 2025
Council
South Downs
  1. Received24 Sep
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 49 days

About this application

This is a planning application for an outbuilding at The Forge 249 Selham Road South Ambersham Graffham West Sussex GU29 0BX. South Downs has handled 15,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the South Ambersham conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,331 applications in total for the GU29 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
GU29 0BX

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2025

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: South AmbershamPart 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 (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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: South Downs

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