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The Royal Oak Inn The Street Poynings West Sussex BN45 7AQ

SDNP/25/03989/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 11 November 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1- Hawthorn hedge across rear boundary of car park, reduction in height to 1.5m. T2- Single large sycamore tree: reduction in height to 1.8m. T3- Group of 3 smaller sycamore trees: reduction in height to 1.8m. T4- Another group of 3 smaller sycamore trees: reduction in height to 1.8m. T5- Two ash trees: full removal as both showing signs of ash dieback. T6- Norwegian maple: a crown raise by 4m on the north side. T7- Single sycamore tree: targeted pruning as it is heavily encroaching onto a telegraph pole.

Received
3 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Downland Parishes Ward
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated3 Oct
  3. Consult.28 Oct
  4. Target14 Nov
  5. Decided11 Nov

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Royal Oak Inn The Street Poynings West Sussex BN45 7AQ. 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 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Downland Parishes Ward. We hold 290 applications in total for the BN45 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
BN45 7AQ
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Poynings Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 October 2025
Last date for comments
28 October 2025
Target decision date
14 November 2025
Permission expires
11 November 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
SH Gardening
Agent address
23 Orchard Avenue Lancing BN15 9EA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14376882
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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.

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    8 Oct

    Certificate of Lawful Development for Provision of one moveable structure within the curtilage, and for the…

    PendingApplicationSDNP/26/03891/LDP
  2. 2026
    27 Feb

    Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Provision of a moveable structure required temporarily in…

    RefusedLawful Development Cert (Proposed)SDNP/26/00806/LDP
  3. 2025
    31 Jul

    T1-T4; Group of four (4) small sycamore trees (Acer Pseudoplatanus) to be fully removed as slight lean…

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/25/03142/TCA
  4. 2025
    13 Mar

    Use of the land for car parking for 36 cars for not more than 56 days in a calendar year

    PendingFull ApplicationSDNP/25/01093/FUL
  5. 2025
    11 Mar

    Extension of time period for the erection of a marquee from the 1st May to the 30th September with an…

    PendingFull ApplicationSDNP/25/01039/FUL
  6. 2023
    21 Feb

    Erection of marquee on existing public house customer garden between 1st May and 30th September each year…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationSDNP/23/00748/FUL

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