Street Cottage The Street Washington West Sussex RH20 4AS Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/03254/TCA - Tree in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Yew Tree - crown reduction of between 65% and 85% Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
13 Aug 2026
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Approved
18 Sept 2026

Approved on 18 Sept 2026 · SDNPA Delegated Decision · Last checked 19 Sept 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION Decision · 18 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF LOCATION PLAN Plans · 13 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 13 Aug 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF SDNP TREE OFFICERS - CONNICK CONSULTANCY Consultee Comment · 21 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF SDNP TREE OFFICERS - CONNICK CONSULTANCY Consultee Comment · 21 Aug 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.
Washington Conservation Area 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 ↗
South Downs Way 9 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
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.
National infrastructure project 223 m away: Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm
The site is 223 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
10 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Rose Cottage, Grade II, 17 m away · 10 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.
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Historic England ↗
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 ↗
Also on the record
Nature improvement area: South Downs Way Ahead.
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 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 area96 m² (1,033 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (52 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyDetached house, 6 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSandstone or limestone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in January 2023, 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
RH20 4AS
Received
13 Aug 2026
Validated
13 Aug 2026
Ward
Storrington and Washington Ward
Parish
Washington Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Sept 2026
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
18 Sept 2026
Decision level
SDNPA Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, 7 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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 19 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
24 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

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Nearby activity

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Fell 1 x Lime (Works to Trees in a Conservation Area)
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Fell 7 x Cypress Trees (Works to Trees in a Conservation Area)
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2020
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Erection of an annexe extension to rear of existing garage.
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Fell 1 x Mulberry Tree (Works to Trees in a Conservation Area)
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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.