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6 The Dock Firle East Sussex BN8 6NY

SDNP/25/03898/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 4 November 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 - Horse Chestnut - Historically pollarded to approx 15ft, pollard growth now exceeding 70ft with point of main union forming a bowl, promoting water ingress. Re pollard tree to historic pollard points

Received
26 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Ouse Valley And Ringmer Ward
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated26 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Oct
  4. Target7 Nov
  5. Decided4 Nov

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 6 The Dock Firle East Sussex BN8 6NY. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Firle conservation area, with 3 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 6NY
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Firle Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 September 2025
Last date for comments
29 October 2025
Target decision date
7 November 2025
Permission expires
4 November 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
CBJackson Land Management
Agent address
43 The Street Firle Lewes East Sussex BN26 6UT

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14358618
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Firle
  • 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.

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