Half Moon Inn Glasshouse Lane Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0LT Data via plota.co.uk

26/00466/TCA - Tree in Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Notification of intention to fell 1 no. Elm tree (1) and 1 no. Ash tree (8) and crown reduce by 25-30% and crown thin by 15% on 6 no. Apple trees (2-7) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
25 Feb 2026
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Validated
7 Apr 2026
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Consultation
14 Apr 2026
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Approved
15 May 2026

Approved on 15 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 23 Aug 2026

Site constraints 7

17 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Half Moon Inn, Grade II, about 1 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 16 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.
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Historic England ↗
Kirdford 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.
Public footpath about 11 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 Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Kirdford built-up area; Open access land about 29 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; 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 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
Chichester
Application type
Tree in Conservation Area
Postcode
RH14 0LT
Received
25 Feb 2026
Validated
7 Apr 2026
Ward
Loxwood
Parish
Kirdford
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 May 2026
Decision
NOT TO PREPARE A TREE PRESERVATION ORDER
Decision date
15 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
County Tree Surgeons Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 38 days from validation, 6 days faster than Chichester's median of 44 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.

89%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
189decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

8 neighbours consulted · Last counted 23 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
14 Apr 2026
Comments by
5 May 2026
Statutory expiry
19 May 2026
Env. assessment
No
Chichester
Planning Authority Score
8.9/10
Excellent
#6 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Chichester is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #10 out of 296. Only 18% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Chichester decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #127 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #72 of 296
93%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #10 of 296
18%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #15 of 296
68%
Minor dwellings approved
110 decided (1-9 homes)
76%
Major dwellings approved
17 decided (10+ homes)
74%
Change of use approved
34 decided
935
Total decisions
107 refused in the year to March 2026