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Pond Farm Cottage Sandy Lane East Ashling West Sussex PO18 9AT

SDNP/26/01220/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 13 May 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Notification of intention to reduce height by 2m on 1.5m length from southern end on 1 no. Conifer hedge.

Received
27 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lavant Ward CH
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.8 May
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided13 May

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Pond Farm Cottage Sandy Lane East Ashling West Sussex PO18 9AT. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the East Ashling conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Lavant Ward CH. We hold 1,433 applications in total for the PO18 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
PO18 9AT
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Funtington Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 March 2026
Last date for comments
8 May 2026
Target decision date
8 May 2026
Permission expires
13 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Alfie Reed Tree Service
Agent address
10 Haresfoot Close Funtington PO189LP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14814396
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: East Ashling
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (19)

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, 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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