Street Record, Celandine Drive, St Leonards-on-sea
Trees This asks for the council's consent to work on protected trees.
What is proposed
In the council’s words, from its weekly list:
T625 Common Oak - crown reduce by 2-3m to suitable growth points; remove deadwood 25mm and greater in diameter; crown lift to 6m from ground level
Commenting on this application
Registered No decision on our record yet.
The council doesn’t publish a closing date for this application. Work to protected trees runs to its own rules, and the council’s file has the dates. From the council’s file: consultation began Thu 3 Sep 2026.
Comments are public: the council publishes them on the application’s file with the commenter’s name, and removes personal details such as addresses, phone numbers and email addresses. A comment should be about the proposal: the council can take only planning matters into account.
What the council can take into account
A planning decision must follow the council’s development plan unless “material planning considerations” point another way. Government guidance describes these as matters relevant to the planning decision. It says the courts have generally taken the view that planning is about the use of land in the public interest, so purely private interests, such as the effect on a neighbouring property’s value or the loss of a private right to light, could not be material considerations. Public views can be taken into account where they relate to planning matters; support or opposition is not in itself a reason to grant or refuse.
The plans and documents are on the council’s file. When it is decided, the decision notice there will set out any conditions or the reasons for a refusal.
Conservation and heritage on this street
None of the town’s 18 conservation areas reaches Celandine Drive as mapped.
Measured along the street’s line against the council’s boundaries. Whether a particular building is inside depends on where the boundary runs: each area’s page on the council’s site has its map. All 18 conservation areas
The council’s Article 4 direction on houses in multiple occupation covers the whole town (in force since 2 July 2012): turning a house into a shared house for three to six people needs planning permission. The council’s page ↗
Tree preservation orders within about 40 m of Celandine Drive’s line, from the council’s map data:
TPO 11: made 12 April 1950, confirmed 19 June 1950; 29 groups of trees, 10 woodlands in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
TPO 124: made 26 January 1993, confirmed 27 May 1993; 16 trees, 3 areas of trees, 2 woodlands in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
TPO 280: made 7 September 2012, confirmed 22 October 2012; 3 trees in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
Indicative only — the council’s order is what counts. The council says of its tree order map data: “This dataset is under review and subject to change. Always refer to the Original Tree Preservation Order and associated plan for confirmation.” The council’s tree preservation orders page ↗
Flood zones, the coast and protected nature on this street
We place an application by the street in its address, so these say where Celandine Drive runs, not where the site’s boundary is. The application’s own documents on the council’s file show the site.
Flood zones
None of Celandine Drive’s line is in Flood Zone 2 or 3 on the Environment Agency’s flood map for planning. In the Agency’s words: “This means a site in flood zone 1 could still flood now or in the future.”
Ponds Wood LNR ↗ (Local Nature Reserve): Celandine Drive’s line passes within about 10 m of it.
Ancient woodland: Celandine Drive’s line passes within about 100 m of 2 parcels on Natural England’s inventory (Gillsmans Wood, Ponds Wood).
Natural England’s designations within about 100 m of the street’s mapped line. Each official page says what is protected there. Protected nature in Hastings
The council’s file counts no comments from the public (as it stood on Wed 14 Oct 2026). The count can change until the application is decided; we check it at most once a week.
Who the council consulted
The bodies and officers the file lists as consulted, with the day each was asked.
Canopy IQ ltd., asked Thu 3 Sep 2026
Consultee responses on the file
Responses filed as consultee comments, named as the file names them, with the day each was published. What they say is in each document on the council’s file.
BOROUGH ARBORICULTURIST, Fri 18 Sep 2026
Is a comment public?
The council’s page on commenting says: “All comments will be made available to view online and will be treated in accordance with our privacy policy. Comments will be redacted where they contain personal information or are inappropriate in their content.” It also says: “Please note that we do not accept anonymous comments.” Commenting on an application, on the council’s site ↗ (read 13 October 2026).
We count the comments on the council’s file. We never copy a commenter’s name, address or words, and we don’t list who objected: that is on the file.
Similar applications nearby
Other applications of the same kind (trees) on Celandine Drive or in Wishing Tree ward, decided ones first, since our record starts on 21 April 2026. A refusal is marked; its reasons are in the decision notice on the council’s file. Each application is decided on its own facts.
1 x Oak (621) - Remove split damaged hanging stem on west side of crown at 3m from ground level. 1 x Oak (622) - Crown lift to a height of 2.5m from ground level. 1 x Oak (625) - Crown reduce by 2 – 3m to suitable growth points, Remove deadwood 25mm and greater in diameter, Crown lift to a height of 6m from ground level. 1 x Goat Willow (629) - Pollard at 2.5m, Remove basal growth. Mixed Vegetation (629A) - Cut back all lateral branches of overhanging vegetation to boundary fence line.
HS/TP/26/00273, validated Sat 6 Jun 2026, decided in the week of Mon 27 Jul 2026
Refused permission
If you think work doesn’t match what was approved
The council’s planning enforcement team looks into building work or a use that may not have permission, or may not follow the approved plans or conditions. Its page explains how to report it and which cases it deals with first: planning enforcement on the council’s site ↗
Our planning record starts on 21 April 2026, from the council’s weekly lists of new and decided applications. We list the site, the proposal, the dates, the decision, the comment counts and a permission’s conditions. We never copy a commenter’s or an individual applicant’s details; an applicant is named only when it is an organisation we can match exactly to a council, a registered charity or a company on Companies House. Planning is decided by the council, not by us.