St Botolphs Church London Road Hardham West Sussex RH20 1LB
Approved on 10 November 2025
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T1-To fell the Holly tree T2-To reduce the height of the beech tree by 3-4m and to reduce the lateral branches by 2.5-3.5m. T3-To crown lift the horse chestnut, leaving approximately 3-4m clearance of the churchyard and the road / grass verge. T4-To reduce the crown of the horse chestnut tree by approximately 50% and to lift the canopy leaving approximately 3-4meters ground/road clearance.
- Received
- 30 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Pulborough, Coldwatham and Amberley
- ReceivedReceived30 Sep
- ValidatedValidated30 Sep
- Consult.Consultation31 Oct
- TargetTarget Date11 Nov
- DecidedDecided10 Nov
Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at St Botolphs Church London Road Hardham West Sussex RH20 1LB. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Hardham conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Pulborough, Coldwatham and Amberley. We hold 2,892 applications in total for the RH20 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
- RH20 1LB
- Application type
- Tree in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Coldwaltham Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 September 2025
- Last date for comments
- 31 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 11 November 2025
- Permission expires
- 10 November 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- SD Tree Care
- Agent address
- Warren Court, Bucks Green Rudgwick, Horsham RH12 3JJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14364892
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Hardham Conservation Area
- 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 (19)
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, 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: South Downs
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