Planning application
20 Lucastes Avenue Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1JX
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Holly Tree in front garden - crown lift to 3m above lawn. Blue Cedar in front garden - crown lift to approximately 3m above the drive. Magnolia in back garden - remove low limbs overhanging footpath to leisure centre.
As published by the council, reference DM/25/2167
Application record
- Reference
- DM/25/2167
- Type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Status
- No Objection
- Decision
- No Objection
- Received
- 27 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 27 Aug 2025
- Decided
- 23 Sep 2025
- Ward
- Haywards Heath - Lucastes And Bolnore
- Parish
- Haywards Heath
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- RH16 1JX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Aug 2025
Received by Mid Sussex
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23 Sep 2025
Decision issued: No Objection
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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18 Lucastes Avenue Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1JX
72% historically approved · decision due ~15 Sep
Beech Tree at front of property overhanging road and public footpath. - overall crown lift to 6m in height all around. Holly Tree - remove. Beech Tree in front garden - Crown lift to 7m in height removing two limbs back to main stem on garden side and one limb, removing just small branches only.
Awaiting decision Trees -
22 Lucastes Avenue Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1JX
72% historically approved · decision due ~10 Sep
2 no. of beech- Crown reduce by 2m and crown raise to 5m from ground. (Amended Description 16/7/26)
Awaiting decision -
5 Lucas Grange Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1JS
Lime Tree - Reduce in height to lowest, live growth, approx 30cms above hedge line.
Decided Trees 6 docs -
29 Lucastes Avenue Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1JU
72% historically approved · decision due ~15 Sep
(T1) Ash - reduce by 5m to start a retrenchement pruning plan. (T2) Ash - on right hand side in rear garden - remove 10m in height, leaving monolith.
Awaiting decision Trees -
6 Lucastes Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1JL
(T1) - Lawson Cypress - remove 4 to 5 metres off top of crown and roll over top. (T2) - Ash - fell. (T3) - Sycamore - three stems - crown lift to 4 metres, crown thin by 20% and prune back both sides by up to 2 metres. (T4) - Ash - 3 stems - fell to ground level. (T5) - Sycamore - 4 stems - prune back both sides by up to 2 metres and crown thin by 20%. (T6) - English Oak, crown lift by up to 7 metres all around, crown thin by 20% and sever Ivy at base. (T7) - Sycamore - crown lift over garden by up to 7 metres and crown thin by 20%.
Granted Trees 6 docs -
28, 30 And 32 Lucastes Avenue Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1JX
Ash Tree (30 Lucastes Avenue) - Fell. Ash Tree (28 Lucastes Avenue) - Fell. Beech Tree (32 Lucastes Avenue) crownlift by 6m and removal of the lower 3 limbs
Granted Trees 6 docs
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DM/26/1284 Decided
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