The Thatched Cottage Church Lane Southease East Sussex BN7 3HX
Approved on 24 July 2026
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Restorative crown reduction / Re-pollarding of 1 overgrown Hawthorn tree and cut back 3 additional smaller self-seeded Hawthorn Trees adjacent to main tree
- Received
- 12 June 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- ReceivedReceived12 Jun
- ValidatedValidated12 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided24 Jul
Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Thatched Cottage Church Lane Southease East Sussex BN7 3HX. 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 Southease conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Kingston Ward. We hold 4,320 applications in total for the BN7 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
- BN7 3HX
- Application type
- Trees
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 June 2026
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Southease
- 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, 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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© 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: South Downs
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