St Giles Church Church Lane Horsted Keynes Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7AY Data via plota.co.uk

DM/26/1274 - Trees in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Ash (T1) - Fell. Ash (T2) - Monolith to 7-8 metres, Ash (T3) - Monolith 7-8 metres, Ash (T4) - Fell, Oak (T5) remove damaged limb over path, Ash (T6) - Fell. Multi stemmed Ash (T7) - Fell. 2x Multi stemmed Ash (T8) - Fell. x2 Multi stemmed Ash (G9) - Fell. Multi stemmed Ash (T10) - Fell. x2 Multi stemmed Ash (G11) - Fell. x3 Multi stemmed Ash (G12) - Fell… Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
21 May 2026
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Approved
25 Jun 2026

Approved on 25 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

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Site constraints 5

High Weald National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Horsted Keynes 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.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Horsted Keynes built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map 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 11 September 2026. 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
Mid Sussex
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Postcode
RH17 7AY
Received
21 May 2026
Validated
21 May 2026
Ward
Lindfield Rural And High Weald
Parish
Horsted Keynes
Case officer
Show
Target decision
2 Jul 2026
Decision
No Objection
Decision date
25 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, about the council's usual 36 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

94%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
229decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

21 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025 Approved
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2022 Approved
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2021 Approved
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2021 Approved
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2020 Approved
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2020 Approved
Mill Wood House Church Lane Horsted Keynes Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7AY
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2019 Approved
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2017 Approved
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Mid Sussex
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#161 of 296 councils
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Other decisions

Mid Sussex ranks #150 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

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Mid Sussex decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #87 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #132 of 296
64%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #150 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #179 of 296
80%
Minor dwellings approved
83 decided (1-9 homes)
89%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
33 decided
1,115
Total decisions
93 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings