Planning application
Land To Rear Of 15,17 And 19 Portsmouth Wood Close Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2DQ
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Various works to Sweet Chestnut, Hornbeam, Beech, Oak and HollY trees (located to the rear of numbers 15, 17 and 19) as described on application form
As published by the council, reference DM/25/3231
Application record
- Reference
- DM/25/3231
- Type
- Tree Surgery
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Decision
- Permitted
- Received
- 19 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 19 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 26 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Lindfield
- Parish
- Lindfield
- Postcode
- RH16 2DQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Dec 2025
Received by Mid Sussex
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26 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Permitted
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 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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17 Portsmouth Wood Close Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2DQ
T1 Hornbeam - cut back to boundary line, 2.5 metres. T2 Hornbeam - Over no. 17 Portsmouth Wood Close - crown lift to 6 metres high, above 6 metres high reduce branch length by 2.5 metres. No reduction to top height of the tree. T3 Oak - reduce branch length over no. 17 Portsmouth Wood Close by 2.5 metres. T4 Beech - crown lift to 9 metres in height, 2 metre branch length..
Decided Trees 7 docs -
9 Portsmouth Wood Close Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2DQ
(T1) Oak - Reduce top of crown by approximately 1.5 meters, also reduce sides of south section around 2.5 meters and lightly reduce east and west side 1.5 meters max. Nothing off north side. Crown lift 2 branches at around 7.5 meters back to stem, and remove all lower epicormic growth
Decided Trees 7 docs -
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25 Portsmouth Wood Close Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2DQ
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DM/26/1284 Decided
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DM/26/1275 Decided
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