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56 North End Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8TG

SDNP/25/04804/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 5 January 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T2 - Scots Pine - reduce height by 3 metres and remove major deadwood - to keep at reasonable size for garden T3 - Scots Pine - reduce height by 3 metres and remove major deadwood - to keep at reasonable size for garden T4 &T5 - 2 No. Elm saplings - fell to ground level - small sapling trees T6 - Holly - fell to ground level - encroaching over driveway T7 - Holly - reshape by approximately 1.5 metres - to retain shape T8 - Fig - reduce and reshape by 2.5 metres - formative prune

Received
17 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Ditchling And Westmeston Ward
Agent
R W Green Limited
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.15 Dec
  4. Target29 Dec
  5. Decided5 Jan

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 56 North End Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8TG. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Ditchling conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Ditchling And Westmeston Ward. We hold 1,707 applications in total for the BN6 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
BN6 8TG
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ditchling Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2025
Last date for comments
15 December 2025
Target decision date
29 December 2025
Permission expires
5 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
R W Green Limited
Agent address
Building Grain 500 Upper Stoneham Farm Lewes BN8 5RH

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Ditchling
  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    17 Nov

    T1 - Yew - crown raise by approximately 1.0-1.5 metres - to give 2 metre clearance from ground

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderFiled alongsideSDNP/25/04616/TPO
  2. 2025
    17 Nov

    T2 - Scots Pine - reduce height by 3 metres and remove major deadwood - to keep at reasonable size for garden…

    This applicationApprovedTreesSDNP/25/04804/TCA

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