Southdown House 44 St Annes Crescent Lewes East Sussex
Proposal
To pollard back and reduce the four semi-mature trees and the lesser trees and shrubs in the band of trees to the rear of Southdown House.
- Received
- 17 February 2011
- Decided
- 25 March 2011 · Approved
- Council
- Lewes District Council
- Ward
- Lewes Priory
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- ReceivedReceived17 Feb
- ValidatedValidated17 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date14 Apr
- DecidedDecided25 Mar
Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)
This is a tree application at Southdown House 44 St Annes Crescent Lewes East Sussex. Lewes has handled 355 applications of this type and approves 92% of them, typically deciding them in 54 days. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Lewes's median. The site is in the Lewes conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 200316 Sep
Conservation Area Consent for the demolition of former library building from rear garden of Southdown House
ApprovedConservation Area Consent ApplicationLW/03/1896 - 200315 Sep
Conversion and alteration of former library buildings to form 12 residential units, including demolition of…
ApprovedPlanning ApplicationLW/03/1879
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Lewes
- National park: South Downs
- Brownfield land register: Land at St Anne's Crescent, Lewes BN7 1SBRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.
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