County Record Office 3 Orchard Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1DD Data via plota.co.uk

26/02010/TCA - Tree in Conservation Area Pending Decision

Proposal

Notification of intention to crown lift by up to approx. 3m (above ground level) overhanging car parking spaces and deadwood on 21 no. Ash trees (quoted as OTQB-0TQH 0TQJ-0TQN, 0TQP, 0TQQ, 0TQ3-0TQ9 and 0TQA) and 1 no. Mixed broadleaf clump (within group quoted as 0TQU). Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
16 Sept 2026
✓
Consultation
23 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 28 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 25 Oct 2026 and 2 Nov 2026, from Chichester's recent tree and landscaping works. Comments are open until 14 Oct 2026.

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 6

13 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 9, Orchard Street, Grade II, about 10 m from the postcode pin · 13 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 13 with distances
Historic England ↗
Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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.
Chichester 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.
Council document ↗
Scheduled monument about 31 m away: Chichester City Walls, The Tower, Orchard Street
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Chichester built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt

Checked on 24 September 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.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Chichester - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Council
Chichester
Application type
Tree in Conservation Area
Postcode
PO19 1DD
Received
16 Sept 2026
Validated
16 Sept 2026
Ward
Chichester West
Parish
Chichester
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
County Tree Surgeons Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 19 of the 56-day target. Chichester usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 44.

Day 1937 days to the 56-day target
89%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
189decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Chichester in the last twelve months, from validation. Chichester decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

97 neighbours consulted · Last counted 30 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15229972
Consultation
23 Sept 2026
Comments by
14 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
28 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
Chichester
Planning Authority Score
8.9/10
Excellent
#6 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Chichester is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #10 out of 296. Only 18% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Chichester decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #127 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #72 of 296
93%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #10 of 296
18%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #15 of 296
68%
Minor dwellings approved
110 decided (1-9 homes)
76%
Major dwellings approved
17 decided (10+ homes)
74%
Change of use approved
34 decided
935
Total decisions
107 refused in the year to March 2026