The Coach House Pound Street Petworth West Sussex GU28 0DX
Approved on 7 April 2026
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Notification of intention to reduce height by 1-2m and remove 1 no. secondary stem on east sector on 1 no. English Holly tree (T1) and reduce south and west sectors by approx. 1m on 1 no. Silver Birch tree (T2).
- Received
- 8 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Petworth Ward CH
- ReceivedReceived8 Jan
- ValidatedValidated6 Feb
- Consult.Consultation27 Mar
- TargetTarget Date20 Mar
- DecidedDecided7 Apr
Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Coach House Pound Street Petworth West Sussex GU28 0DX. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 5 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Petworth conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Petworth Ward CH. We hold 576 applications in total for the GU28 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
- GU28 0DX
- Application type
- Tree in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Petworth Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 27 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 20 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 7 April 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- RJR Trees and Hedges
- Agent address
- Pound Cottage Bepton Midhurst GU29 0HX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14604295
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Petworth
- Listed building: Grade II: Gate Piers at the Entrance to the Coach House and to the North West of the Last ItemOn or next to this site · +1 more
- 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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