Orchard Cottage Bignor Road Bignor West Sussex RH20 1PQ Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/02105/TCA - Tree in a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Notification of intention to remove 3 no. lowest branches on east sector (overhanging neighbouring garden), crown lift by up to 5m (above ground level) and reduce mid-crown on east sector by up to 3m (overhanging neighbouring garden) on 1 no. Turkey Oak tree (T1). Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:59

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Application progress

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Received

29 May 2026

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Validated

4 Jun 2026

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Approved

20 Jul 2026

Approved on 20 Jul 2026 · LA Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Jul 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DELEGATED REPORT Report · 21 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION Decision · 20 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 28 May 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 7

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.

Bignor 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.

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not 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.

8 listed buildings within 150 m

Nearest: Barn at Manor Farm to the South East of the Farmhouse, Grade II, 55 m away · 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 6 Grade II

The site itself is not listed. 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.

Show all 8 with distances

55 mBarn at Manor Farm to the South East of the FarmhouseGrade II
79 mRose CottageGrade II
91 mManor FarmhouseGrade II
107 mThe Parish Church of the Holy CrossGrade I
119 mIvy CottageGrade II
123 mCorner CottageGrade II
129 mCharmansGrade II
134 mThe Yeoman's HouseGrade II*

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 3; Priority habitat 37 m away: Deciduous woodland.

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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