Oak Tree Cottage Itchenor Road West Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7AA Data via plota.co.uk

26/01874/TCA - Tree in Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Notification of intention to crown reduce by 30%, (reduce height by 2m and reduce widths by 3m) on 1 no. Oak tree (T1). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Aug 2026
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Consultation
4 Sept 2026
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Approved
2 Oct 2026

Approved on 2 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF NOTCAZ Decision Notice · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEDEC Delegated Report · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF WEST ITCHENOR PARISH COUNCIL COMMENTS Parish Comments · 28 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 11

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Water SPA/Ramsar, Solent Maritime SAC, Portsmouth Harbour SPA/Ramsar
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Chichester Harbour 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.
West Itchenor 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 Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Special area of conservation about 442 m away: Solent Maritime; SSSI about 442 m away: Chichester Harbour SSSI; Priority habitat about 6 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; Inside the West Itchenor built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £1,155,000 in May 2019. Detached house, freehold.

31 May 2019£1,155,000
16 July 2004£530,000

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 7AA
Received
27 Aug 2026
Validated
27 Aug 2026
Ward
The Witterings
Parish
West Itchenor
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 Oct 2026
Decision
NOT TO PREPARE A TREE PRESERVATION ORDER
Decision date
2 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, 8 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.

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 3 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15187920
Planning Portal ref
PP-15187920
Consultation
4 Sept 2026
Comments by
25 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
8 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Whistlers Itchenor Road West Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7AA
Replacement garden outbuilding. External facade changes and replacement windows to dwelli…
25/01871/DOM
2025 Approved
Whistlers Itchenor Road West Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7AA
Replacement garden outbuilding. External facade changes and replacement windows to dwelli…
25/01871/DOM
2023 Refused
Grass Paddock Verge O/s Oak Tree Cottage Itchenor Road West Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7AA
Notification of intention to fell (down to hedge height) 83 no. Ash trees (quoted as G24).
23/02776/TCA
2023 Refused
Grass Paddock Verge O/s Oak Tree Cottage Itchenor Road West Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7AA
Notification of intention to fell (down to hedge height) 83 no. Ash trees (quoted as G24).
23/02776/TCA
2022 Refused
Fosse Cottage Itchenor Road West Itchenor West Sussex PO20 7AA
Notification of intention to reduce by 0.5m (back to previous wound points) on 1 no. Arbu…
22/02826/TCA
2022 Refused
Grapnel Itchenor Road West Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7AA
Notification of intention to reduce lateral branches (all round) by 20% a on 1 no. Cherry…
22/01633/TCA
2021 Refused
Dobbies Itchenor Road West Itchenor PO20 7AA
Notification of intention to fell 3 no. Leyland Cypress trees (quoted as 1, 2 & 3).
21/00764/TCA
2021 Refused
Dobbies Itchenor Road West Itchenor PO20 7AA
Notification of intention to fell 3 no. Leyland Cypress trees (quoted as 1, 2 & 3).
21/00764/TCA
2020 Approved
Sunnybrook Itchenor Road West Itchenor PO20 7AA
Single storey extension. New window and shutters to front elevation. External walls re-pa…
20/02725/DOM
2020 Approved
Sunnybrook Itchenor Road West Itchenor PO20 7AA
Single storey extension. New window and shutters to front elevation. External walls re-pa…
20/02725/DOM
2020 Refused
Dobbies Itchenor Road West Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7AA
Notification of intention to fell 7 no. Leyland Cypress trees (marked on the plan 4-10) (…
20/03042/TCA
2020 Refused
Dobbies Itchenor Road West Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7AA
Notification of intention to fell 7 no. Leyland Cypress trees (marked on the plan 4-10) (…
20/03042/TCA
2020 Refused
Fosse Cottage Itchenor Road West Itchenor PO20 7AA
Notification of intention to fell 1 no. Goat Willow tree (T1). Reduce height down to 3m o…
20/01366/TCA
2020 Refused
Fosse Cottage Itchenor Road West Itchenor PO20 7AA
Notification of intention to fell 1 no. Goat Willow tree (T1). Reduce height down to 3m o…
20/01366/TCA
2020 Refused
Fosse Cottage Itchenor Road West Itchenor PO20 7AA
Notification of intention to remove 1 no. main stem on north sector and pollard back to p…
20/01995/TCA
2020 Refused
Fosse Cottage Itchenor Road West Itchenor PO20 7AA
Notification of intention to remove 1 no. main stem on north sector and pollard back to p…
20/01995/TCA
2019 Refused
Sunnybrook Itchenor Road West Itchenor PO20 7AA
Crown reduce by up to 2m (approx. 15%) to previous pruning points on 1 no. Oak tree (quot…
19/02965/TCA
2019 Refused
Sunnybrook Itchenor Road West Itchenor PO20 7AA
Crown reduce by up to 2m (approx. 15%) to previous pruning points on 1 no. Oak tree (quot…
19/02965/TCA
2019 Approved
Dobbies & The Shieling Itchenor Road West Itchenor PO20 7AA
Alterations to existing access, parking areas and front boundary at 'Dobbies' and 'The Sh…
19/01353/FUL
2019 Approved
Dobbies & The Shieling Itchenor Road West Itchenor PO20 7AA
Alterations to existing access, parking areas and front boundary at 'Dobbies' and 'The Sh…
19/01353/FUL
2016 Refused
Church Farm Itchenor Road West Itchenor PO20 7DL
Modify and relocate permitted log store/boathouse (WI/15/03736/DOM) to location within go…
16/01558/FUL
2016 Refused
Church Farm Itchenor Road West Itchenor West Sussex PO20 7DL
Proposed boathouse/log store.
16/00054/FUL
2016 Refused
Church Farm Itchenor Road West Itchenor West Sussex PO20 7DL
Proposed boathouse/log store.
16/00054/FUL
2016 Refused
Fosse Cottage Itchenor Road West Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7AA
Notification of intention to re-pollard down to approx. 9m on 2 no. Hybrid Poplar trees (…
16/00736/TCA
2016 Refused
Fosse Cottage Itchenor Road West Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7AA
Notification of intention to re-pollard down to approx. 9m on 2 no. Hybrid Poplar trees (…
16/00736/TCA
Chichester
Planning Authority Score
8.9/10
Excellent
#6 of 296 councils
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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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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