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SDNP/26/00745/TCA - Tree in a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

T1 Eucalyptus - Reduce the height by approximately 4m and reduce the side branches accordingly to allow new growth to form and a new crown that can be managed on a 3-5 year basis. Data via plota.co.uk

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Received

24 Feb 2026

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Approved

1 Apr 2026

Approved on 1 Apr 2026 · SDNPA Delegated Decision · Last checked 2 Aug 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION Decision · 1 Apr 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Consultee Comment · 24 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 14

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.

Litlington, Cuckmere Valley 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.

In flood zones plus climate change

Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.

Flood map ↗

Public footpath 11 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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.

South Downs Way 12 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.

National nature reserve 111 m away: Seven Sisters

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

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

Radon affected area, class 6

An estimated 30% or more 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 ↗

8 listed buildings within 150 m

Nearest: 1 and 2, Plough Lane, Grade II, 49 m away · 8 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 8 with distances

49 m1 and 2, Plough LaneGrade II
58 mThe Plough and Harrow InnGrade II
68 mSpring CottageGrade II
104 mPear Tree Cottage Well CottageGrade II
113 mBarn Cottage and Number 2 the StreetGrade II
120 mRakeshaven Thatched CottageGrade II
140 mThe RectoryGrade II
148 mClapham Lane CottagesGrade II

Historic England ↗

SSSI 203 m away: Seaford to Beachy Head SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Also on the record

Nature recovery project: Seaford to Eastbourne: Drink-in the Downs; Nature improvement area: South Downs Way Ahead; Priority habitat 49 m away: Deciduous woodland.

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.

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Important details

Council: South Downs
Application type: Tree in a Conservation Area
Postcode: BN26 5RD
Received: 24 Feb 2026
Validated: 24 Feb 2026
Ward: East Dean Ward
Parish: Cuckmere Valley Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 7 Apr 2026
Decision: Raise No Objection
Decision date: 1 Apr 2026
Decision level: SDNPA Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: BC Tree Services

How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, 7 days faster than South Downs's median of 43 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one36d

Council43d

UK36d

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 →