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Harpers Lower Road East Lavant Chichester West Sussex PO18 0AQ

SDNP/26/00126/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 up to 1.5m on 1 no. Strawberry tree (T1) and crown reduce by 1m and re-prune previously snapped out branches on east and west sectors by up to 0.5m (back to suitable growth points) on 1 no. Foxglove tree (T2).

Received
13 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lavant Ward CH
Agent
JH Tree Services Hampshire Ltd
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated20 Jan
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Harpers Lower Road East Lavant Chichester West Sussex PO18 0AQ. 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 Mid and East Lavant conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Lavant Ward CH. We hold 1,433 applications in total for the PO18 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
PO18 0AQ
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lavant Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 January 2026
Last date for comments
24 February 2026
Target decision date
3 March 2026
Permission expires
27 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
JH Tree Services Hampshire Ltd
Agent address
17 Silverdale Drive Waterlooville Hampshire PO7 6DN

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14615724
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Mid and East Lavant
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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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