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53 West Burton Road West Burton West Sussex RH20 1HD

SDNP/25/04293/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 9 December 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Notification of intention to remove 3 no. lowest branches on 1 no. Turkey Oak tree (T1). Fell 1 no. Cherry tree (T2) and 1 no. Damson tree (T3). Crown lift lower branches to height of 4m (from ground level) on 2 no. Damson trees (T4 and T5). Crown lift lower crown to height of 4m (from ground level) on 1 no. Holm Oak tree (T6).

Received
24 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Fittleworth Ward CH
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated3 Nov
  3. Consult.5 Dec
  4. Target15 Dec
  5. Decided9 Dec

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 53 West Burton Road West Burton West Sussex RH20 1HD. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the West Burton conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Fittleworth Ward CH. 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 1HD
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bury Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 November 2025
Last date for comments
5 December 2025
Target decision date
15 December 2025
Permission expires
9 December 2027

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14432708
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West Burton
  • 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.

Source: South Downs

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