Magnolia Cottage School Hill Barcombe Cross East Sussex BN8 5DU
Approved on 14 November 2025
Council decision: No Objection
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Proposal
T1 - Magnolia - Reduce and reshape crown by up to 1m all over T2 - Purple leaf Cherry - reduce and reshape crown by up to 2m all over T3 - Pear - Formative prune T4 - Crab Apple - Formative prune Reason - General tree pruning for health and vitality.
- Received
- 3 October 2025
- Council
- Lewes District Council
- Ward
- Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey
- Agent
- Town and Country Tree Services
- ReceivedReceived3 Oct
- ValidatedValidated3 Oct
- Consult.Consultation4 Nov
- TargetTarget Date14 Nov
- DecidedDecided14 Nov
Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Magnolia Cottage School Hill Barcombe Cross East Sussex BN8 5DU. Lewes has handled 355 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in the Barcombe Cross conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey. 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 5DU
- Application type
- Work to Trees (Conservation Area)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Barcombe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 5 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 21 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 4 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 22 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 5 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 14 November 2025
- Decision issued
- 18 November 2025
- Permission expires
- 18 November 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Town and Country Tree Services
- Agent address
- 41 Lansdowne Way Hailsham BN27 1LU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14376903
- Documents
- 2
- Constraints
- 20
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Barcombe Cross
- 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.
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Source: Lewes
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