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Perching Barn Edburton Road Fulking West Sussex BN5 9LR

SDNP/26/00171/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 24 February 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

G1 : Group of Hornbeams Approx 5, Reduce Crown height by 2.5 Metres and match sides without loosing shape. G2: Group of 6 Cherry trees., Reduce Crowns by 2 metre all round. T1: Pear tree ( in centre ). Reduce height to match adjacent pear trees, roughly 2.5 metres. T2,3,4. Cherry trees situated on driveway entrance. Cut back lateral limbs to give clearance of driveway by 2-2.5 metres. T5. Pine trees. Uplift low crowns to 2.5 metres

Received
15 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Downland Parishes Ward
Agent
Fletcher Tree services ltd
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.12 Feb
  4. Target26 Feb
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Perching Barn Edburton Road Fulking West Sussex BN5 9LR. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Fulking conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Downland Parishes Ward. We hold 1,071 applications in total for the BN5 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
BN5 9LR
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Fulking Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2026
Last date for comments
12 February 2026
Target decision date
26 February 2026
Permission expires
24 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Fletcher Tree services ltd
Agent address
58 Wembley Avenue Lancing BN15 9JY

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14624274
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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