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ROYAL SPA NURSERY SCHOOL, 3 Park Hill, Brighton, BN2 0BT (Royal Spa Nursery, Park Hill, Brighton)

Granted Brighton and Hove BH2012/01768 Treeworks in Conservation Area (Felling)

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Fell one Red Norway Maple - the tree is clearly declining in the upper crown and exhibits exudations from an infection of phytophotora on the trunk; of short term potential

As published by the council, reference BH2012/01768

Application record

Reference
BH2012/01768
Type
Treeworks in Conservation Area (Felling)
Status
Decided
Decision
Approved
Received
8 Jun 2012
Validated
12 Jun 2012
Decided
22 Jun 2012
Ward
Queen's Park
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
BN2 0BT

Site history

Applications at this address on the Brighton and Hove register

This site has had 6 applications since 2002: 6 approved, 0 refused.

  • BH2013/01871 Granted

    ROYAL SPA NURSERY SCHOOL, 3 Park Hill, Brighton, BN2 0BT (Royal Spa Nursery, Park Hill, Brighton)

    Thorn (T1) - crown lift low branches and thorns above eye level; Norway Maple (T3) - crown lift low limbs over road to 5.5m; Plane (T5), Sycamore (T6) & Elm (T7) - remove dead wood and hanging branches; Horse Chestnut (T8) - shorten heavy limb to north by 3 metres; Horse Chestnut (T10) - reduce crown by 3 metres.

    Decided 14 Jun 2013 Trees
  • BH2012/01769 Granted

    ROYAL SPA NURSERY SCHOOL, 3 Park Hill, Brighton, BN2 0BT (Royal Spa Nursery, Park Hill, Brighton)

    1no Sycamore (T5) by main gate of park - remove hanging branch

    Decided 22 Jun 2012 Trees
  • BH2008/00592 Granted

    ROYAL SPA NURSERY SCHOOL, 3 Park Hill, Brighton, BN2 0BT (Royal Spa Nursery, Park Hill, Brighton)

    (Side of main entrance) 1no Sycamore - remove major deadwood & crown raise, remove epicormic growth & cut 1m of ivy at base; 1no Apple - crown raise to 7ft; 1no Sycamore - remove major deadwood; 1no group of Sycamore - remove deadwood & crown raise; 1no twin-stem Sycamore - remove major deadwood & crown raise; 1no twin-stem Sycamore - remove major deadwood & cut back lower limb over pathway to reduce weight. (Adj Pillars) 1no London Plane - remove deadwood; 1no Sycamore - remove deadwood & lightly crown lift; 1no Sycamore - remove deadwood & remove lower branch; 1no Elm - remove deadwood & crown lift; 1no Sycamore - remove major deadwood; 1no Sycamore - crown raise to 4m; 1no Sycamore - remove deadwood; 2no Sycamore in corner - crown raise to 3m & remove epicormic growth. (Centre) 1no Horse Chestnut (large) - remove major deadwood. (Park Hill side) 2no Maples - remove major deadwood & crown raise; 1no Thorn - crown raise & remove lower epicormic growth; 1no Sycamore group on bank - remove lower epicormic growth & crown raise.

    Decided 11 Jun 2008 Trees
  • ROYAL SPA NURSERY SCHOOL, 3 Park Hill, Brighton, BN2 0BT (Royal Spa Nursery, Park Hill, Brighton)

    Lower garden area - 2no Red Norway Maples - remove deadwood & prune branches over the wall, 1no Paul's Scarlet Thorn - crown lift all branches to 2m, 1no Apple - light reshape, 2no Apples - restake, tie & prune, 1no London Plane - light crown lift. Steel fence line - 2no Elders - remove sharp points on stems.

    Decided 21 Jun 2002 Trees
  • ROYAL SPA NURSERY SCHOOL, 3 Park Hill, Brighton, BN2 0BT (Royal Spa Nursery, Park Hill, Brighton)

    Sycamore group (T15) south boundary - crown lift over road and balance. 2no Sycamores (T2) by steel fence line - remove low sucker growth. Horse Chestnut (T7) - remove broken branch and stub in tree. Horse Chestnut (T9) - remove 2no hanging branches and low epicormic growth. Works to BS3998:1989.

    Decided 21 Jun 2002 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 8 Jun 2012

    Received by Brighton and Hove

  2. 12 Jun 2012

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 22 Jun 2012

    Decision issued: Approved

  4. 27 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

What this grant of permission means

Brighton and Hove granted permission on 22 June 2012, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About tree works applications

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