103 Wepham, May Cottage The Splash Burpham West Sussex BN18 9RE Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/00316/TCA - Tree in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

To fell Fraxinus excelsior (Common Ash) located at rear of garden. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Jan 2026
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Approved
6 Mar 2026

Approved on 6 Mar 2026 · SDNPA Delegated Decision · Last checked 25 Jul 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION Decision · 6 Mar 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Consultee Comment · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF TREE INSPECTION REPORT Report · 26 Jan 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

South Downs National Park
The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
Burpham and Wepham 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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Scheduled monument 155 m away: Burpham camp
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
5 listed buildings within 150 m; National infrastructure project 1171 m away: Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm; Priority habitat 28 m away: Good quality semi improved grassland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, 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.

Building

Floor area161 m² (1,733 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (70 out of 100), could reach B
PropertySemi-detached house, 6 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, wood chips, Boiler and underfloor heating, wood chips
WallsGranite or whinstone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2021, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
South Downs
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Postcode
BN18 9RE
Received
27 Jan 2026
Validated
27 Jan 2026
Ward
Arundel Ward
Parish
Burpham Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Mar 2026
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
6 Mar 2026
Decision level
SDNPA Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 38 days from validation, 5 days faster than South Downs's median of 43 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

76%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
445decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14649415
Planning Portal ref
PP-14649415
Statutory expiry
10 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

12 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Change of bifold door frame, top rail, bottom rail and stile material from timber to alum…
SDNP/24/05233/NMA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
May Cottage 103 Wepham The Splash Burpham West Sussex BN18 9RE
Replacement extension and proposed boot shed and summer house.
SDNP/24/02304/HOUS
2024 Approved
Farmland And Outbuildings The Splash Burpham West Sussex BN18 9RE
The Ash trees alongside the road and by the public footpath are suffering from Ash diebac…
SDNP/24/01089/TCA
2022 Approved
Court Leet Cottage 100 Wepham The Splash Burpham Arundel West Sussex BN18 9RE
Provision of wrought iron restraint strap to external beams to north west corner; provisi…
SDNP/22/05414/LIS
2022 Approved
1 Council Cottages Wepham The Splash Burpham Arundel West Sussex BN18 9RF
Installation of window in gable wall
SDNP/22/00710/HOUS
2021 Withdrawn
103 Wepham, May Cottage The Splash Burpham BN18 9RE
T1- Ash: Sectional fell. Leave stump as low as practicable.
SDNP/21/04315/TCA
2019 Approved
Cow Yard to The East of Splash Farm 93 Wepham The Splash Burpham Arundel West Sussex BN18 9RE
The construction of a steel portal frame supporting a canopy roof above an existing cow y…
SDNP/19/03612/FUL
2019 Approved
Land East of Splash Farm 93 Wepham The Splash Burpham Arundel West Sussex BN18 9RE
A steel portal frame supporting a canopy roof above an existing cow yard
SDNP/19/02027/APNB
2019 Approved
The Brow Wepham The Splash Burpham Arundel West Sussex BN18 9RE
Removal of lean-to timber structure and erection of single storey extension.
SDNP/19/00444/HOUS
2018 Approved
The Brow Wepham The Splash Burpham Arundel West Sussex BN18 9RE
Replacement of wooden 'lean to' shed with single storey brick built structure, incorporat…
SDNP/18/06209/PRE
2018 Approved
Land adjacent to Splash Farm 93 Wepham The Splash Burpham Arundel West Sussex BN18 9RE
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2018 Approved
Land adjacent to Splash Farm 93 Wepham The Splash Burpham Arundel West Sussex BN18 9RE
A lean-to extension on the side of an existing straw storage building.
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Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.