Downlands Cottage West Burton Road West Burton West Sussex RH20 1HD Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/03763/TCA - Tree in a Conservation Area Application in Progress

Proposal

Notification of intention to crown reduce by 4m (all round) on 1 no. Beech tree (T1). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

30 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 11 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 11 Nov 2026 and 18 Nov 2026, from South Downs's recent tree and landscaping works.

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 29 Sept 2026 View ↗

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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.

West Burton 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 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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

12 listed buildings within 150 m

Nearest: Lillywhite Cottage, Grade II, 52 m away · 12 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 12 with distances

52 mLillywhite CottageGrade II
54 mLillywhitesGrade II
71 mThe Lodge, Upper HouseGrade II
80 mRose CottageGrade II
102 mDale CottageGrade II
108 mCross Street FarmhouseGrade II
112 mWest Burton PlaceGrade II
122 mUpper HouseGrade II
127 mLower House FarmhouseGrade II
127 mBarn Adjoining Cross Street Farmhouse on the NorthGrade II
142 mThe Garden Gateway, Wall and Outbuilding Adjoining to the West of Cookes HouseGrade II
146 mOutbuilding Adjoining Cokes Cottage to the North WestGrade II

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Also on the record

Registered park or garden 139 m away: Cooke's House; Radon affected area, class 4.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 7 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.