Lodsworth Stables and Coach House Block Gills Lane Lodsworth West Sussex GU28 9BW Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/00771/TPO - Tree Preservation Order Approved

Proposal

Reduce height (back to previous pruning points), reduce northern sector (back to previous pruning points) on 1 no. Beech tree (quoted as 02) within Area, A1 subject to . Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
25 Feb 2026
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Approved
15 Apr 2026

Approved on 15 Apr 2026 · LA Delegated Decision · Last checked 27 Jul 2026

Documents 4

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Consultee Comment · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Grade II listed: Lodsworth House (West Wing, East Wing and North Court), and mounting block
List entry 1465663 · 6 m away
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
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.
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
Radon affected area, class 4; Inside the Lodsworth built-up area; 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. 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.

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Important details

Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Postcode
GU28 9BW
Received
25 Feb 2026
Validated
25 Feb 2026
Ward
Easebourne Ward CH
Parish
Lodsworth Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Apr 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
15 Apr 2026
Decision level
LA Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
M Welby Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 49 days from validation, 6 days slower 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-14732567
Planning Portal ref
PP-14732567
Statutory expiry
22 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No