The Platt Sheepwash Elsted West Sussex GU29 0LA

SDNP/26/03080/TCAApproved

Approved on 28 September 2026

Council decision: Raise No Objection

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Notification of intention to remove 2 no. lowest limbs on the north-east sector (overhanging the road) on 1 no. Sycamore tree (T1) (at end of brick wall).

Received: 7 August 2026
Public comments: 0 · last counted 4 October 2026
Council: South Downs

ReceivedReceived7 Aug
ValidatedValidated17 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided28 Sep

Decided in 42 days

About this application

This is a planning application at The Platt Sheepwash Elsted West Sussex GU29 0LA. South Downs has handled 15,921 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 Elsted conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. We hold 1,331 applications in total for the GU29 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: GU29 0LA

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 August 2026

Additional information

Documents: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Elsted
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.

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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9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: South Downs

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