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Manor House North Lane South Harting West Sussex GU31 5NN

SDNP/26/00129/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 6 March 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Notification of intention to fell 7 no. Ash trees (x5,G1), T19 and T22),1 no. Sycamore tree (T2), 3 no. Leyland Cypress trees (T6, T10 and T13) and 1 no. Silver Birch tree (T20). Crown reduce by 2m (overall canopy) on 1 no. Oak tree (T1), 2 no. Sycamore trees (T5 and T21), 1 no. Beech tree (T12), 1 no. Maple tree (T14) and 1 no. Cherry tree (T16). Crown reduce by 3m (overall canopy) on 1 no. Maple tree (T3) and 1 no. Willow tree (T4). Reduce heights by 3m on 4 no. Conifers trees (G2), reduce by up to 3m on 1 no. Horse Chestnut tree (T7). Reduce height by 2m on 1 no. Leyland Cypress tree (T8). Crown reduce by 2.5m (overall canopy) on 1 no. Beech tree (T9). Reduce height by 1.5m on 1 no. Leyland Cypress tree (T11). Crown reduce by up to 2m (overall canopy) on 1 no. London Plane tree (T15). Coppice 1 no. Hazel tree (T17). Crown reduce by up to 4m (overall canopy) on 1 no. Maple tree (T18).

Received
13 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Harting Ward CH
Agent
Arborlec services ltd
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Mar
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided6 Mar

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Manor House North Lane South Harting West Sussex GU31 5NN. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the South Harting conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 5NN
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harting Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2026
Last date for comments
4 March 2026
Target decision date
5 March 2026
Permission expires
6 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Arborlec services ltd
Agent address
26 Manor Farm Cottages Treyford GU29 0LE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14616369
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: South Harting
  • 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, listed buildings, 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.

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