1 Charlton Gardens Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8WA

SDNP/26/01123/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 11 May 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 Corsican Pine - Crown lift low long lateral limb to the south of the tree.

Received: 20 March 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Downs
Ward: Ditchling And Westmeston Ward
Agent: Ruskins Tree Consultancy

ReceivedReceived20 Mar
ValidatedValidated20 Mar
Consult.Consultation22 Apr
TargetTarget Date15 May
DecidedDecided11 May

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Charlton Gardens Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8WA. 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. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Ditchling And Westmeston Ward. We hold 1,707 applications in total for the BN6 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: BN6 8WA
Application type: Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Ditchling Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 March 2026
Last date for comments: 22 April 2026
Target decision date: 15 May 2026
Permission expires: 11 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: Ruskins Tree Consultancy
Agent address: 7 Field Way Ditchling BN6 8UA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14793587
Documents: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Source: South Downs

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