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SDNP/26/02426/TPO - Tree Preservation Order Approved

Proposal

G1 Leylandii - Reduce these trees by approximately 12 feet to get the down to the same hight as the other Leylandii in the row of trees. T4 blue spruce tree - Remove the two lowest limbs and any low dead branches. G1 - Keep these trees in line with the rest of the group that they are in. T4- Remove the dead wood for safety reasons and to remove the lower arms. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 12 Sept 2026, 04:58

Application progress

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Received

19 Jun 2026

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Approved

12 Aug 2026

Approved on 12 Aug 2026 · SDNPA Delegated Decision · Last checked 13 Aug 2026

Documents 5

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.

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

Nature recovery project: Seaford to Eastbourne: Drink-in the Downs; Nature improvement area: South Downs Way Ahead; National nature reserve 444 m away: Seven Sisters; Inside the East Dean and Friston built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map 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 listed building at the site

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Important details

Council: South Downs
Application type: Tree Preservation Order
Postcode: BN20 0EU
Received: 19 Jun 2026
Validated: 19 Jun 2026
Ward: East Dean Ward
Parish: East Dean and Friston Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 14 Aug 2026
Decision: Approved
Decision date: 12 Aug 2026
Decision level: SDNPA Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, 12 days slower than South Downs's median of 42 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one54d

Council42d

UK36d

79%decided within 8 weeks

98%approved

318decided 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 →