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St Andrew's Church The Street Bishopstone Village East Sussex

TW/21/0075/TCAWork to Trees (Conservation Area)Approved

Approved on 12 November 2021

Council decision: No Objection

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Proposal

T1. 1 x Mountain Ash - Remove Dead Limb T2. 1 x Cherry Plum - Heavy reduction to lateral growth by approx 50% T3. 1 x Hawthorne - Remove dead wood T4 - T6. 3 x Elm (Dead) - Fell to ground level (Dutch elm disease)

Received
28 September 2021
Public comments
1
Ward
Seaford West
  1. Received28 Sep
  2. Validated28 Sep
  3. Consult.11 Nov
  4. Target9 Nov
  5. Decided12 Nov

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Andrew's Church The Street Bishopstone Village East Sussex. Lewes has handled 355 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in the Seaford (Bishopstone) conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Seaford West.

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

Application type
Work to Trees (Conservation Area)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seaford

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 September 2021
Consultation expiry
11 November 2021
Consultation start
28 October 2021
Consultation end
11 November 2021
Last date for comments
11 November 2021
Target decision date
9 November 2021
Decision issued
17 December 2021
Permission expires
17 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Copsford The Street Bishopstone Village BN25 2UD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3
Constraints
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Seaford (Bishopstone)
  • Listed building: Grade I: Church of St AndrewOn this site · +2 more
  • National park: South Downs
  • 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, 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, 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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