29 Western Road Newick East Sussex BN8 4LE

TW/17/0026/TPOWork to Trees (TPO)Approved

Approved on 12 May 2017

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Oak T2 of the Order - Shorten lowest horizontal branch over A272, to growth point approximately 1m from the BT wire. Reason: To unimpede the BT wire to prevent it being damaged.

Received: 21 March 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Lewes District Council
Ward: Newick

ReceivedReceived21 Mar
ValidatedValidated21 Mar
Consult.Consultation27 Oct
TargetTarget Date16 May
DecidedDecided12 May

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 29 Western Road Newick East Sussex BN8 4LE. Lewes has handled 355 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Lewes's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Newick. We hold 1,970 applications in total for the BN8 postcode area.

89% of trees applications at Lewes District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: BN8 4LE
Application type: Work to Trees (TPO)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Newick
District: Tree Preservation Order (No 4) 2000

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 March 2017
Last date for comments: 27 October 2017
Target decision date: 16 May 2017
Permission expires: 12 May 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 8 Downs View North Chailey BN8 4HB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 4
Constraints: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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 parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: Lewes

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