Firle Place The Street Firle East Sussex BN8 6LP Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/03387/TCA - Tree in a Conservation Area Refused
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1.18 - Historic Beech - Various remedial action to scaffold limbs and crown thinning and reduction of upper-third to reduce weighting by approx. 30% Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
1 Sept 2026
✗
Refused
2 Oct 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 2 Oct 2026 · SDNPA Delegated Decision · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION Decision · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF SDNP TREE OFFICERS - CONNICK CONSULTANCY Consultee Comment · 18 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

Grade I listed: Firle Place
List entry 1217315 · 3 m away · 3 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 2 Grade II)
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 ↗
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.
Registered park or garden: Firle Place
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Firle 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: Wood pasture and parkland
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
Scheduled monument 187 m away: Icehouse 190m east of Firle Place; Nature recovery project: Seaford to Eastbourne: Drink-in the Downs.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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.

Building

Floor area270 m² (2,906 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (47 out of 100), could reach B
PropertySemi-detached house, 7 habitable rooms
Built1900 to 1929
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2020, 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
BN8 6LP
Received
1 Sept 2026
Validated
1 Sept 2026
Ward
Ouse Valley And Ringmer Ward
Parish
Firle Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
13 Oct 2026
Decision
Objection
Decision date
2 Oct 2026
Decision level
SDNPA Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Regenerative Forestry

How this decision compares

Decided in 31 days from validation, 13 days faster than South Downs's median of 44 for tree and landscaping works. Refused, as 2% of tree and landscaping works here are.

72%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
679decided 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 2 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15190380
Planning Portal ref
PP-15190380
Statutory expiry
13 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

22 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
T1 (22i) Cherry - Remove Scaffold Limb (1N) due to extensive decay. T2 (23i) Gingko - Dis…
SDNP/24/05220/TCA
2024 Approved
T1 Bay - Remove Stem (E). Removal Basal Epicormic Growth& Clean Stem (E). Thin Canopy (E)…
SDNP/24/05025/TCA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Place Farm North The Street Firle East Sussex BN8 6LP
Change of use of agricultural barn to flexible Class E(g)(ii) and (iii) commercial Use (O…
SDNP/25/05123/PA3R
2025 Approved
Church House The Street Firle East Sussex BN8 6LP
T1. Yew: Situated in garden adjacent to listed wall and dwelling - Fell & remove stump, a…
SDNP/25/04284/TCA
2024 Approved
Riding School The Street Firle East Sussex
Change of Wording for Condition 5 (NUMBER OF DAYS) of SDNP/19/01833/FUL.
SDNP/24/05123/CND
2024 Approved
Street Record The Dock Firle East Sussex
T1. Ash: Fell to Base: Severe canopy decline due to Ash Dieback T2-T4. Sycamore: Standing…
SDNP/24/04663/TCA
2024 Approved
Riding School The Street Firle East Sussex BN8 6LP
Discharge of Condition 11 (NOISE MANAGEMENT PLAN) for SDNP/19/01833/FUL.
SDNP/24/03070/DCOND
2024 Approved
Place Farm The Street Firle East Sussex BN8 6LP
Change of use of agricultural barn to flexible Class E commercial use
SDNP/24/01176/PA3R
2024 Approved
Riding School The Street Firle East Sussex
Discharge of condition 13 (EXTERNAL LIGHTING) of SDNP/19/01833/FUL.
SDNP/24/00401/DCOND
2023
Church House The Street Firle East Sussex BN8 6LP
Yew (T1) - Whole crown reduction by average of 0.50 metres to form an asymmetric and aest…
SDNP/23/04324/TCA
2016 Approved
Place Barn Place Farm The Street Firle BN8 6LP
Discharge of condition 8 in relation to applications SDNP/15/05156/LIS & SDNP/15/05155/FUL
SDNP/16/03722/DCOND
2021 Decided
Riding School The Street Firle BN8 6LP
Discharge of Conditions 6 (Parking Areas), 8 (Travel Plan), 9 (Cycle Parking), 10 (Ecolog…
SDNP/21/02504/DCOND
2019 Approved
Riding School The Street Firle BN8 6LP
Change of use to wedding (Use Class F1 (weddings)) and filming (Use Class E (Research and…
SDNP/19/01833/FUL
2019 Approved
Riding School The Street Firle BN8 6LP
Change of use to wedding (Use Class F1 (weddings)) and filming (Use Class E (Research and…
SDNP/19/01834/LIS
2019 Approved
Place Farm The Street Firle BN8 6LP
Change of Use of agricultural barn to B1/B8 brewery facility
SDNP/19/00525/FUL
2018 Approved
Firle Stables and Riding School The Street Firle Lewes East Sussex BN8 6LP
Creation of flat
SDNP/18/02443/LIS
2018 Approved
Firle Stables and Riding School The Street Firle BN8 6LP
Creation of flat
SDNP/18/02442/FUL
2018
Firle Stables and Riding School Firle Place The Street Firle Lewes East Sussex BN8 6LP
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SDNP/18/01461/LIS
2018
Firle Stables and Riding School The Street Firle BN8 6LP
Change of use to wedding and events venue and film/television set (Use Class D2) includin…
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2017 Approved
St Peters Church The Street Firle BN8 6LP
Discharge of conditions 3 and 4 in relation to application SDNP/16/01005/FUL
SDNP/17/04880/DCOND
2016 Approved
St Peters Church The Street Firle East Sussex BN8 6LP
Construction of single storey extension to north side of church
SDNP/16/01005/FUL
2016 Approved
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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.