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St Botolphs Church London Road Hardham West Sussex RH20 1LB

SDNP/26/00156/DDDTDead or Dangerous TreesApproved

Approved on 16 January 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Fell the horse chestnut (T4) down to ground level

Received
14 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Pulborough, Coldwatham and Amberley
  1. Received14 Jan
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.18 Jan
  4. Target21 Jan
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 2 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Botolphs Church London Road Hardham West Sussex RH20 1LB. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 2 days, 8 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Hardham conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Pulborough, Coldwatham and Amberley. We hold 2,892 applications in total for the RH20 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
RH20 1LB
Application type
Dead or Dangerous Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Coldwaltham Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2026
Last date for comments
18 January 2026
Target decision date
21 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
7 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Hardham Conservation Area
  • 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.

Source: South Downs

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