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Burgess Hill School For Girls Keymer Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0EG

Granted Mid Sussex DM/23/0861 Trees in a Conservation Area

Works: Trees

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

Proposal

Beech Trees x3 (T1,T2,and T3) - Fell. Common Lime Trees x3 (T5,T6,T7, and T8) - Fell. Ash Trees x3 (T4,T9 and T10) - Fell. Hawthorn x1 (T11) - Fell.

As published by the council, reference DM/23/0861

Application record

Reference
DM/23/0861
Type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Status
No Objection
Decision
No Objection
Received
29 Mar 2023
Validated
29 Mar 2023
Decided
3 May 2023
Ward
Burgess Hill - Franklands
Parish
Burgess Hill
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
RH15 0EG

Site history

Applications at this address on the Mid Sussex register

This site has had 7 applications since 2023: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • DM/26/2225 Awaiting decision

    Burgess Hill School For Girls Keymer Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0EG

    Revision to hours of operation of floodlighting, which seeks a permanent extension to the hours of use of the floodlights to 21:00 Monday - Friday.

    Submitted 10 Sep 2026
  • DM/26/2226 Awaiting decision

    Burgess Hill School For Girls Keymer Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0EG

    Revision to hours of operation of floodlighting, which seeks a permanent extension to the hours of use of the floodlights to 21:00 Monday - Friday.

    Submitted 10 Sep 2026
  • DM/26/1851 Awaiting decision

    Burgess Hill School For Girls Keymer Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0EG

    Proposed external alterations of Oakdene to include the formation of a new principal entrance to the south (side) elevation, incorporating a new doorway with an associated canopy and signage; the retention of the existing front (west) door, its function being reduced so as to serve as an emergency exit only; the conversion of two existing external door openings to windows on the east (rear) elevation; the lowering of the cills of certain first-floor windows, and the installation of a new rooflight within the roof slope.

    Submitted 27 Jul 2026
  • DM/26/1379 Granted

    Burgess Hill School For Girls Keymer Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0EG

    Common Oak (T2) , Sycamore (T3), Sycamore (T4), Ash (T5), Group tree (G6), Group Trees (G7), Ash (T8), Group (G9), Sycamore (T11), Common Oak (T12) - Various Work, please see Tree Schedule

    Decided 23 Jul 2026
  • DM/25/2822 Awaiting decision

    Burgess Hill School For Girls Keymer Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0EG

    T296 Oak - Reduce long advantageous branch growing from top of large historical tear-out wound, by up to 2m from current tip, leaving a finish branch length of 9m. Reduce back to suitable side branches to leave as natural a shape as possible. Similarly reduce back branch beneath as above to match and leave a more balanced crown. T278 Oak - Reduce the entire crown by up to 2m in all dimensions, reducing back to a substantial lateral branch to leave as natural a shape as possible. Reduce to form a more compact crown with a finish tree height of approximately 17m and lateral finish branch length of approximately 9m. T284 Beech - Fell the tree and as close to ground level as possible.

    Submitted 3 Nov 2025 Trees
  • DM/25/2475 Granted

    Burgess Hill School For Girls Keymer Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0EG

    T 278: Oak - Reduce crown by 2m, height of 17m, lateral branch lift of 9m. T 284: Copper Beech - fell. T 296: Oak - Reduce branch from tear out wound by 2m, leaving finish length of 9 m. Reduce back branch to match.

    Decided 30 Oct 2025 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 29 Mar 2023

    Received by Mid Sussex

  2. 3 May 2023

    Decision issued: No Objection

  3. 11 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

8 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Mid Sussex granted permission on 3 May 2023, 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

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.

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