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5 Cricketfield Newick East Sussex BN8 4LL

TW/21/0022/TCAWork to Trees (Conservation Area)Approved

Approved on 12 April 2021

Council decision: No Objection

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Sycamore trees pruned to level with the surrounding tree line, Reduce the Hawthorn on the right to the same height as the sycamores The final height will be 12 to 14 metres

Received
3 March 2021
Ward
Newick
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.17 Mar
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided12 Apr

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Cricketfield Newick East Sussex BN8 4LL. Lewes has handled 355 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks 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 4LL
Application type
Work to Trees (Conservation Area)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newick

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2021
Consultation expiry
2 April 2021
Consultation start
3 March 2021
Consultation end
17 March 2021
Neighbour consultation start
5 March 2021
Neighbour consultation end
2 April 2021
Last date for comments
2 April 2021
Target decision date
14 April 2021
Decision issued
16 April 2021
Permission expires
16 April 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Newick (The Green)Next to the site
  • Brownfield land register: 16 High Street, NewickRegister 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 (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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

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© 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.

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Source: Lewes

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