Ducklings Church Lane Bury West Sussex RH20 1PB

SDNP/25/03936/TPOTree Preservation OrderRefused

Refused on 25 November 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Fell 1 no. Scots Pine tree (T1) subject to BY/12/00198/TPONP.

Received: 30 September 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Downs
Ward: Fittleworth Ward CH

ReceivedReceived30 Sep
ValidatedValidated30 Sep
Consult.Consultation4 Nov
TargetTarget Date25 Nov
DecidedDecided25 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Ducklings Church Lane Bury West Sussex RH20 1PB. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Bury conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Fittleworth Ward CH. We hold 2,894 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 1PB
Application type: Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Bury Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 September 2025
Last date for comments: 4 November 2025
Target decision date: 25 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Beechdown Trees
Agent address: 2 Waterloo Meadows Southbrook Road West Ashling Chichester West Sussex PO18 8DH

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14366494
Documents: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Bury
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.

Source: South Downs

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