28 West Street Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8TS

SDNP/25/03882/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 30 October 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 - Persian Iron Wood - Prune back to reduce height by 4m and width by 2 m T2 - Sycamore - Fell and replace

Received: 25 September 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Downs
Ward: Ditchling And Westmeston Ward

ReceivedReceived25 Sep
ValidatedValidated25 Sep
Consult.Consultation29 Oct
TargetTarget Date6 Nov
DecidedDecided30 Oct

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 28 West Street Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8TS. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Ditchling conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Ditchling And Westmeston Ward. We hold 1,705 applications in total for the BN6 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: BN6 8TS
Application type: Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Ditchling Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 September 2025
Last date for comments: 29 October 2025
Target decision date: 6 November 2025
Permission expires: 30 October 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14354440
Documents: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Ditchling
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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© 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.

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7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: South Downs

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