Beaufort House Elms Lane West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8LW Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Notification of intention to crown reduce by 0.5m (all round) on 2 no. Field Maple trees (T1 & T2). Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 10 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Sept 2026
Documents 2
Decision & officer reports 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 9
Show all 2 with distances
- 0 mElmtree CottageGrade II
- 80 mElmstead HouseGrade II
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 1
Last sold for £1,500,000 in January 2018. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Chichester
- Application type
- Tree in Conservation Area
- Postcode
- PO20 8LW
- Received
- 30 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 30 Jul 2026
- Ward
- The Witterings
- Parish
- West Wittering
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 10 Sept 2026
- Decision
- NOT TO PREPARE A TREE PRESERVATION ORDER
- Decision date
- 10 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- S&P Tree Specialists Ltd.
How this decision compares
Decided in 42 days from validation, about the council's usual 44 days. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.
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.
5 neighbours consulted · Last counted 11 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15124134
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15124134
- Consultation
- 5 Aug 2026
- Comments by
- 26 Aug 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 10 Sept 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
29 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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