Planning application
The Old Vicarage High Street Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5JX
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Oak 2 - Retrenchment pruning to reduce risk of limb failure and to encourage growth to lower part of crown. Oak 3 - Reduce crown to southern side by 3m as tree is leaning and branches are overhanging a public footpath are now too low.
As published by the council, reference DM/25/2086
Application record
- Reference
- DM/25/2086
- Type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Status
- No Objection
- Decision
- Granted As published: No Objection
- Received
- 18 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 20 Aug 2025
- Decided
- 26 Sep 2025
- Ward
- Cuckfield, Bolney And Ansty
- Parish
- Cuckfield
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- RH17 5JX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Aug 2025
Received by Mid Sussex
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20 Aug 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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26 Sep 2025
Decision issued: No Objection
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12 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Mid Sussex granted permission on 26 September 2025, 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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