The Elms The Green Rottingdean Brighton BN2 7HA

1. 26 Jan 2026

   Received by Brighton and Hove

2. 21 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 23 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Brighton and Hove took a median of 63 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with Brighton and Hove for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Brighton and Hove decided tree works applications in a median of 28 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.

• St Margarets Church The Green Rottingdean Brighton BN2 7HA

  BH2025/02521 Submitted 13 Oct 2025 0m away

  sycamore - reduce entire tree by 2.5m making adjacent flat very dark

  Granted Trees 3 docs

• Norton House The Green Rottingdean Brighton BN2 7HA

  BH2025/02603 Submitted 22 Oct 2025 70m away

  92% historically approved · decision due ~6 Jan

  Redecoration of all external render.

  Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings 11 docs

• 116 High Street Rottingdean Brighton BN2 7HF

  BH2025/03118 Submitted 31 Dec 2025 98m away

  74% historically approved · decision due ~25 Feb

  To install telecommunications apparatus.

  Awaiting decision Prior approval 2 docs

• The Plough Inn Vicarage Lane Rottingdean Brighton BN2 7HD

  BH2025/02532 Submitted 14 Oct 2025 102m away

  Rear garden: T1 Horse Chestnut Crown lift by approx. 1m Reduce west aspect of crown by no more than 1m Reduce East aspect of crown by no more than 1.5m Reduce height by approx. 1.5m to shape and balance crown Reason: Significant cavity present in trunk at ground level. No visible signs of active decay fungus. Crown has good vitality with minor symptoms of Guignardia leaf blight. No observable canker on trunk or primary limbs. Tree owner would prefer to retain the tree as it has high amenity value for local community and would prefer to manage to tree long term rather than remove.

  Granted Trees

• 7 Dean Court Road Rottingdean Brighton BN2 7DE

  BH2025/02208 Submitted 4 Sep 2025 135m away

  Sycamore tree growing over our house from 3 Challoners Close - reduce the overhanging branches by 2.0 to 3.0 metres. However, there are two (relatively thin and not major) branches which have grown over our property diagonally (across to our house and vertically) which are about 5 metres long. I would like to confirm that we will only replicate the work done previously on the Challoners Sycamore, mentioned in our application, and we will cut back this Sycamore only to the extent of when it was last trimmed, roughly a decade ago. This application is to remove branches which are growing over our property which are reducing light entering our property and particularly the dining room. The tree has not been trimmed for a decade. This was the case also with the adjoining Challoners sycamore which was cut back in May. In conversation with our tree surgeon, as used previously, we are proposing removal of the overhanging branches or about a 20% reduction. This application is identical to BH2025/00736 approved on 19th March 2025. Indeed, the trees are probably no more than about 3 metres apart. . Therefore, all the proposed works will be limited to our side of the boundary flint wall only.

  Granted Trees 7 docs

• CHYNGTON, The Twitten, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7HU

  BH2013/01474 Submitted 9 May 2013 143m away

  Fell 4no Elm (T1,T2,T3,T4) to ground level. Trees proximity to the wall means their retention in the long term is not practical.

  Granted Trees

• BH2026/00406 Awaiting decision

  38 Clermont Terrace Brighton BN1 6SJ

  T1 Ash to reduce away from buildings either side of tree by approx 3 metres. Cut back to appropriate growth points.

  22 Feb 2026 Trees
• BH2026/00395 Awaiting decision

  Flat A 18 Fourth Avenue Hove BN3 2PJ

  Its possibly a sycamore thats encroaching the garden space ,, the customer i am quoting for would like it removed

  20 Feb 2026 Trees
• BH2026/00099 Granted

  Flat 1 63 Goldstone Villas Hove BN3 3RW

  2 Elm trees at rear of property - Re-pollard to last pollard points on Goldstone Villas side to match reduction on Denmark villas (opposite side) They need trimming back as this hasn't been done for 7+ years and they block the light to my garden and flat

  19 Jan 2026 Trees
• BH2026/00370 Awaiting decision

  Flat 4 15 Buckingham Road Brighton BN1 3RH

  T1 Sycamore- remove 3 epicormic stems at the base of the tree (approx diameter 10 cms each) Reduce central top height of the tree by 2 meters and reshape the crown all around. Reasons- the tree has not been worked on for some time and it is cutting out light at the back of the property and for other properties in the vicinity. It is a very tall tree for the confined space that it is in.

  18 Feb 2026 Trees
• BH2026/00361 Awaiting decision

  Shawcross House 235 - 237 Preston Road Brighton BN1 6SW

  yew - reduce by 3m Portuguese laurel - reduce by 3m yew - reduce by 2.5m holly - pollard/reduce by 3m bay - reduce by 3m reduce all growth 1m back from property behind REASON to reduce shading to residents flats

  17 Feb 2026 Trees