St Andrews Church Cuckfield Lane Warninglid Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5UB Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Oak tree in front garden of St Andrews Church - crown reduce all around by 2 metres and thin canopy on branches overhanging Cuckfield Road by 10%. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Aug 2026
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Validated
6 Aug 2026
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Approved
4 Sept 2026

Approved on 4 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Sept 2026

Site constraints 5

High Weald National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
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
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Warninglid built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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 scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £875,000 in August 2011. Detached house, freehold.

19 August 2011£875,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Mid Sussex
Application type
Tree Surgery
Postcode
RH17 5UB
Received
4 Aug 2026
Validated
6 Aug 2026
Ward
Cuckfield, Bolney And Ansty
Parish
Slaugham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 Oct 2026
Decision
Permission
Decision date
4 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Nick Hazelden

How this decision compares

Decided in 29 days from validation, 28 days faster than Mid Sussex's median of 57 for listed building works. Approved, as 88% of listed building works here are.

50%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
29decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Mid Sussex in the last twelve months, from validation. Mid Sussex decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

8 neighbours consulted · Last counted 5 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
1702-8797-0195-5880
Statutory expiry
1 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
Mid Sussex
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#161 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Mid Sussex ranks #150 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Mid Sussex decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #87 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #132 of 296
64%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #150 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #179 of 296
80%
Minor dwellings approved
83 decided (1-9 homes)
89%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
33 decided
1,115
Total decisions
93 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.