Planning application
Hambrook School Marle Place 171 Leylands Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8HY
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1 (0UBB) Sycamore Maple and T2 (0UBS) Sweet Cherry - crown reduce by no more than 2 metres. T3 (0UBH) and T4 (0UBJ) Wellingtonia - crown lift of no more than 2 metres.
As published by the council, reference DM/25/2636
Application record
- Reference
- DM/25/2636
- Type
- Tree Surgery
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permission
- Received
- 16 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 16 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 3 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Burgess Hill - Leylands
- Parish
- Burgess Hill
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- RH15 8HY
Site history
Applications at this address on the Mid Sussex register
This site has had 4 applications since 2024: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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DM/26/1905 Granted
Hambrook School Marle Place 171 Leylands Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8HY
Cherry Tree (OUB0) - remove to ground level. Willow Tree (OUB2) - reduce crown back to previous points, 3m. Birch Tree (OUB4 - lift crown away from wall and road sign, reduce to within the property boundary no more than 2m. Ash trees (OUBC) and (OUBT) - remove to ground level and grind out stump.
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DM/26/0771 Awaiting decision
Hambrook School Marle Place 171 Leylands Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8HY
Installation of play equipment and timber framed summer house to the rear of the garden (Tree Survey received 30.04.2026 and Tree protection Plan and Arb Method Statement received 06.05.2026)
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DM/24/3087 Granted
Hambrook School Marle Place 171 Leylands Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8HY
Fraxinus Excelsior (European Ash) - fell and remove stump
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Oct 2025
Received by Mid Sussex
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3 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Permission
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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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Mid Sussex granted permission on 3 December 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
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