Michaelmas House North Marden Road East Marden West Sussex PO18 9JE Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/03040/TPO - Tree Preservation Order Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Reduce height by 3.5m and reduce widths by up to 1.5m (all round) on 1 no. Sycamore tree (T1). Fell 1 no. Leyland Cypress tree (T2). Both within Group, G5 subject to . Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Aug 2026
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Approved
17 Sept 2026

Approved on 17 Sept 2026 · LA Delegated Decision · Last checked 17 Sept 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION Decision · 17 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Water SPA/Ramsar, Solent Maritime SAC, Portsmouth Harbour SPA/Ramsar
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
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.
East Marden 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 Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; 4 listed buildings within 150 m.
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 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 area281 m² (3,025 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (44 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyDetached house, 5 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsGranite or whinstone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in January 2019, 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 Preservation Order
Postcode
PO18 9JE
Received
5 Aug 2026
Validated
5 Aug 2026
Ward
Westbourne Ward CH
Parish
Marden Parish Meeting
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Sept 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
17 Sept 2026
Decision level
LA Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
The Tree Consultants Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 43 days from validation, about the council's usual 43 days. 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.

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 17 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15132869
Planning Portal ref
PP-15132869
Statutory expiry
30 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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