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St Michaels Church Upmarden Church Road Up Marden West Sussex PO18 9JR

SDNP/26/01847/TCAApproved

Approved on 22 June 2026

Council decision: Raise No Objection

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Notification of intention to reduce heights and southern sectors by 3m (to give clearance of the building) on 2 no. Yew trees (T1 and T2), reduce heights and northern sectors by 3m (to give clearance of the building) on 2 no. Yew trees (T3-T4).

Received
12 May 2026
Council
South Downs
  1. Received12 May
  2. Validated13 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Jun

Decided in 40 days

About this application

This is a planning application at St Michaels Church Upmarden Church Road Up Marden West Sussex PO18 9JR. South Downs has handled 15,931 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 Up Marden conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,433 applications in total for the PO18 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
PO18 9JR

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 May 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Up Marden
  • Listed building: Grade I: Church of St MichaelOn or next to this site
  • 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 (18)

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, 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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