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1 North Lodge High Street Newick East Sussex BN8 4LY

TW/20/0105/TPOWork to Trees (TPO)Approved

Approved on 6 April 2021

Council decision: No Objection

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

Proposal

Yew trees (T1, T2 and T3): crown reductions of approximately 25%, taking up to three meters off of the overall height of the trees and thinning the canopy. The three trees are located in very close proximity to the house and a retaining brick wall which separates the garden from the busy A272 road. The trees canopy currently overhang the pavement running along the A272. The proposed works are for a number of reasons; Reducing the height and spread of the trees, reducing the risk of falling branches and debris on to the pavement and road. To limit the spread of roots that can potentially cause damage to the building and retaining wall To encourage healthy regenerative growth in the trees canopy by thinning and removing deadwood.

Received
4 December 2020
Ward
Newick
  1. Received4 Dec
  2. Validated4 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided6 Apr

Decided in 123 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 North Lodge High Street Newick East Sussex BN8 4LY. Lewes has handled 355 applications of this type. This one was decided in 123 days, 10 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in the Newick (The Green) conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 4LY
Application type
Work to Trees (TPO)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newick
District
TPO (No 27) 1997 - 3852/0356

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 December 2020
Target decision date
29 January 2021
Decision issued
10 March 2022
Permission expires
10 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Fred symes tree surgeon
Agent address
6 school cottages Novington lane East chiltington Lewes Bn73ay

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09315811
Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Newick (The Green)
  • 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 (21)

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 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    7 May

    T3 - Cherry - Removal

    ApprovedWork to Trees (Conservation Area)TW/25/0049/TCA

Source: Lewes

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