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Cherry Tree Cottage East Harting Street East Harting West Sussex GU31 5LZ

SDNP/26/00058/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 27 February 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Notification of intention to crown reduce by 2m (all round) on 1 no. Copper Beech tree.

Received
7 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Harting Ward CH
  1. Received7 Jan
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.25 Feb
  4. Target27 Feb
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Cherry Tree Cottage East Harting Street East Harting West Sussex GU31 5LZ. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the East Harting conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Harting Ward CH. We hold 315 applications in total for the GU31 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
GU31 5LZ
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harting Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2026
Last date for comments
25 February 2026
Target decision date
27 February 2026
Permission expires
27 February 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14603585
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: East Harting
  • Listed building: Grade II: Cherry Tree CottageOn or next to this site
  • 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 (19)

flood storage 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.

Source: South Downs

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