The Old Smithy The Street Firle East Sussex BN8 6NS
Approved on 19 February 2026
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T1 - Sycamore - Pollard at 5-6m - to alleviate further branch failure over the office and parking area; permitting the tree to be retained and form a new canopy
- Received
- 5 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Ouse Valley And Ringmer Ward
- ReceivedReceived5 Jan
- ValidatedValidated5 Jan
- Consult.Consultation5 Feb
- TargetTarget Date16 Feb
- DecidedDecided19 Feb
Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Old Smithy The Street Firle East Sussex BN8 6NS. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Firle conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Ouse Valley And Ringmer Ward. We hold 1,970 applications in total for the BN8 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
- BN8 6NS
- Application type
- Tree in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Firle Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 5 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 16 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 19 February 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Regenerative Forestry
- Agent address
- Sunset Road Totton Hampshire SO40 3LB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14596183
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Firle
- 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 (18)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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