Steps A272 Terwick Lane to Chithurst Lane Trotton West Sussex GU31 5EP
Approved on 25 February 2026
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Notification of intention to fell 1 no Walnut tree. Crown reduce by up to 30% (back to previous pruning points) on 2 no. Apple trees and 1 no. Holly tree. Crown reduce by up to 25% (back to previous pruning points) on 1 no. Cornus tree.
- Received
- 14 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Harting Ward CH
- ReceivedReceived14 Jan
- ValidatedValidated14 Jan
- Consult.Consultation17 Feb
- TargetTarget Date25 Feb
- DecidedDecided25 Feb
Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Steps A272 Terwick Lane to Chithurst Lane Trotton West Sussex GU31 5EP. 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. The site is in the Trotton conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5EP
- Application type
- Tree in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Trotton With Chithurst Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 17 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 25 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 25 February 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Trotton with Chithurst Parish Council
- Agent address
- Steps A272 Terwick Lane to Chithurst Lane Trotton West Sussex GU31 5EP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: TrottonPart of the site
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: South Downs
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