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Old Forge, Cowbeech Road, Cowbeech, Herstmonceux, BN27 4JD

TM/2025/0269/TCATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 3 November 2025

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

FELL WALNUT TREE (T1) TO GROUND LEVEL

Received
13 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Horam & Punnetts Town
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided3 Nov

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at OLD FORGE, COWBEECH ROAD, COWBEECH, HERSTMONCEUX, BN27 4JD. Wealden has handled 1,601 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 5 weeks quicker than Wealden's typical decision time. The site is in the Cowbeech conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 126 applications across Horam & Punnetts Town. We hold 1,585 applications in total for the BN27 postcode area.

98% of trees applications at Wealden District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BN27 4JD
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Herstmonceux

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 2025
Target decision date
24 November 2025
Committee meeting
3 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
89 London Road Hailsham BN273DD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

UPRN
10033409541
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Cowbeech Conservation Area
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 parks, 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: Wealden

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