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48 Church Street, Willingdon, Eastbourne, BN22 Oja

TM/2026/0008/TCATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 19 February 2026

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - CHERRY TREE - OVERALL REDUCTION BY NO MORE THAN TWO TO THREE METERS. T2, 3, 4 - THREE ASH TREES TO BE REDUCED BY 2 TO 3 METER OVERALL REDUCTION. T5 - SILVER BIRCH OVERALL REDUCTION BY NO MORE THAN TWO TO THREE METERS. ALL THE ABOVE TO BE CARRIED OUT FOR THE GENERAL TREE MAINTENANCE AND TO LET MORE LIGHT INTO THE GARDEN AND NEIGHBOURING GARDEN.

Received
12 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lower Willingdon
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Feb
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 48 CHURCH STREET, WILLINGDON, EASTBOURNE, BN22 OJA. Wealden has handled 1,601 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Wealden's typical decision time. The site is in the Uckfield conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Lower Willingdon.

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

Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Willingdon & Jevington

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2026
Target decision date
26 February 2026
Committee meeting
18 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
8 Anderida Road Willingdon Eastbourne East Sussex BN22 0PT

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Uckfield Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 48, Church StreetOn this site · +2 more
  • 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 (20)

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 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    25 Aug

    REPAIRS TO ROOF AND FASCIAS OF TIMBER GARDEN CHALET WITHIN REAR GARDEN

    ApprovedFullWD/2022/2238/F

Source: Wealden

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