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Orchard Cottage Bignor Road Bignor West Sussex RH20 1PQ

SDNP/26/00995/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 23 April 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Notification of intention to crown lift west sector to 7m (above ground level over house) and crown lift east sector giving 3m clearance (above barn on Great Orchard Bungalow side) on 1 no. Turkey Oak tree (T1). Crown lift west sector to 7m (above ground level over house) and reduce west sector upper crown by up to 3m on 1 no. Turkey Oak tree (T2).

Received
12 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Fittleworth Ward CH
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated12 Mar
  3. Consult.10 Apr
  4. Target23 Apr
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Orchard Cottage Bignor Road Bignor West Sussex RH20 1PQ. 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 Bignor conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Fittleworth Ward CH. 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 1PQ
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bignor Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 March 2026
Last date for comments
10 April 2026
Target decision date
23 April 2026
Permission expires
23 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Beechdown Trees
Agent address
2 Waterloo Meadows Southbrook Road West Ashling Chichester PO18 8DH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14771083
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bignor
  • 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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