Firle Place The Street Firle East Sussex BN8 6LP
Approved on 23 February 2026
Council decision: Deemed ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T16.1 - Ash with a Hollow Stem & an Extensive Cavity - Dismantle to Base T16.2 - Ash with a Dead Top & an Extensive Stem Cavity w/ Fruiting Body - Dismantle to Base T16.4 - Ash x2no. with Minor Deadwood throughout canopy, with a pronounced Lean over Stables & Parking Area - Dismantle to Base
- Received
- 12 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Ouse Valley And Ringmer Ward
- ReceivedReceived12 Jan
- ValidatedValidated12 Jan
- Consult.Consultation6 Feb
- TargetTarget Date23 Feb
- DecidedDecided23 Feb
Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Firle Place The Street Firle East Sussex BN8 6LP. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications 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 6LP
- Application type
- Tree in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Firle Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 6 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 23 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 23 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-14610962
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.
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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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202627 Oct
T1.18 - Beech - Reduce weight bearing on 7no major scaffold limbs, average reduction of 3-4m. Crown thinning…
PendingApplicationSDNP/26/04159/TCA - 20261 Sep
T1.18 - Historic Beech - Various remedial action to scaffold limbs and crown thinning and reduction of…
PendingApplicationSDNP/26/03387/TCA - 20261 Sep
T1.17 - Norway Maple - Dismantle and fell to ground
PendingApplicationSDNP/26/03388/TCA
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