9 Croft Road Brighton BN1 5JJ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Adjacent to Driveway G1 - Yew (Taxus sp.) Trim driveway side of Yew group as hard as possible whilst retaining growth. Trim tops to neaten and shape. Front Garden Lower Section Next to Path T1 - Yew (Taxus sp.) Fell as close to ground level as possible. Grub out if possible. Front Garden Bottom Section Next to Path T2 - Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) Remove low limb over path back to source. Fell as close to ground level as possible Yew tree growing up through the crown. Front Garden Next to Archway T3 - Yew (Taxus sp.) Remove low dead branches to 3 metres. Front Garden Top Section T4 - Holly (Ilex sp.) Reduce height down to a finish height of approximately 5 metres. Reduce sides to neaten and shape. Front Garden Top Section T5 - Hawthorn (Crataegus sp.) Remove central stem back to source. Lightly reduce sides to neaten and shape. Front Garden Top Section T6 - Yew (Taxus sp.) Remove low limb over greenhouse. Trim section overhanging garden to the South back to boundary line. Trim Eastern face as hard as possible whilst retaining growth. G1: No substantial pruning works. Only trimming of outer growth to neaten and shape. T1: Small self-set Yew adjacent path overshadowed by surrounding trees. Tree has poor form and serves no aesthetic purposes. T2: Small but long branch low hanging over path. As it matures, would start to impede pathway. Limb holds no aesthetic or structural purposes. Self-set Yew growing out from the base of the Sycamore and through the crown. Would inevitably course stability concerns later down the line along with crossing and rubbing damage on mature scaffold limbs on the Sycamore. T3: Removal of lower deadwood only. T4: Holly stands approximately 9m tall with a crown width of 2.5m on East round to Southern aspect. suppressed on other sides. Tree has been previously pollarded at the 5m mark. Works would be to remove larger central stems and reduce the remaining. After the works there would be a residual height of 5m (probably a bit hig... Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 19 May 2026 · Last checked 13 Jul 2026
Site constraints 3
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.
Sales history 3
Last sold for £700,000 in June 2009. Detached house, freehold.
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Important details
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Application type
- Treeworks on Preserved Trees (Felling)
- Postcode
- BN1 5JJ
- Received
- 30 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 30 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Westdene & Hove Park
- Case officer
- Show
- Decision
- Approved
- Decision date
- 19 May 2026
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Connick Tree Care
How this decision compares
Decided in 19 days from validation, 11 days faster than Brighton and Hove's median of 30 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.
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- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
28 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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Brighton and Hove is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #238 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).
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