Old Village Hall Eastbourne Road East Dean East Sussex BN20 0BL Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/01144/TPO - Tree Preservation Order Approved

Proposal

Beech (T1) - Reduce by approximately 3-4m, back to previous pruning points. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:55

Application progress

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Received

23 Mar 2026

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Approved

11 May 2026

Approved on 11 May 2026 · SDNPA Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION Decision · 11 May 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Consultee Comment · 8 Apr 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 12

3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Gore Cottage Went Hill Cottage, Grade II, about 26 m from the postcode pin · 3 Grade II

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Show all 3 with distances

26 mGore Cottage Went Hill CottageGrade II
123 mThe Stables to the North East of the DipperaysGrade II
137 mThe Old ParsonageGrade II

Historic England ↗

South Downs National Park

The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.

East Dean conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Heritage coast: Sussex

A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.

Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.

Public footpath about 23 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

National nature reserve about 264 m away: Seven Sisters

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Also on the record

Nature recovery project: Seaford to Eastbourne: Drink-in the Downs; Nature improvement area: South Downs Way Ahead; Inside the East Dean and Friston built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: South Downs
Application type: Tree Preservation Order
Postcode: BN20 0BL
Received: 23 Mar 2026
Validated: 23 Mar 2026
Ward: East Dean Ward
Parish: East Dean and Friston Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 18 May 2026
Decision: Approved
Decision date: 11 May 2026
Decision level: SDNPA Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Climpson Brothers Tree Surgeons Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 49 days from validation, 6 days slower than South Downs's median of 43 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one49d

Council43d

UK36d

76%decided within 8 weeks

97%approved

445decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by South Downs in the last twelve months, from validation. South Downs decision record →