Oakfield House Village Road Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0NU Data via plota.co.uk

26/00049/TPA - Tree Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Reduce east sector by 3m, reduce west sector by 0.5m and crown lift by up to 4m - removal of lowest eastern large lateral (above ground level and over road) on 1 no. Oak tree (T1) subject to . Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Jan 2026
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Validated
19 Jan 2026
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Consultation
22 Jan 2026
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Approved
13 Mar 2026

Approved on 13 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 25 Jul 2026

Site constraints 5

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
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Kirdford built-up area; Open access land about 15 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) 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 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 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
Chichester
Application type
Tree Planning Application
Postcode
RH14 0NU
Received
8 Jan 2026
Validated
19 Jan 2026
Ward
Loxwood
Parish
Kirdford
Case officer
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Target decision
16 Mar 2026
Decision
PERMIT
Decision date
13 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 53 days from validation, 9 days slower 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 →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14609876
Planning Portal ref
PP-14609876
Consultation
22 Jan 2026
Comments by
17 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
16 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No
Chichester
Planning Authority Score
8.9/10
Excellent
#6 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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