Glebe House Rotten Row Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TN
Proposal
1 x Sycamore (T1 of the Order) - Crown lift to 4 metres1 x Beech (T2 of the Order) - Crown lift to 3 metres3 x Sycamore (T3 - T5 of the Order) - Crown lift all to 5 metres3 x Sycamore (G1 of the Order) - Crown lift all to 5 metres1 x Sycamore (T6 of the Order) - Crown lift to 5 metres1 x Beech (T8 of the Order) - Crown Volume Reduction not exceeding 30% (Note - All major deadwood will also be removed)
- Received
- 8 November 2013
- Decided
- 26 November 2013 · Approved
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Priory Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted8 Nov
- ValidatedValidated8 Nov
- Consult.Consultation22 Nov
- TargetTarget Date3 Jan
- DecidedDecided26 Nov
Decided in 18 days (council typically 56)
This is a tree application at Glebe House Rotten Row Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TN. South Downs has handled 2,274 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 43 days. This one was decided in 18 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Downs's median. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Lewes Priory Ward. We hold 4,278 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.
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Additional Information
Source: South Downs
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202419 Nov
T2 - Yew - Crown thin, estimate 20% thinner than average yew of this age. T7 - Sycamore - Remove lowest two…
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderSDNP/24/04812/TPO - 202419 Nov
T3 - Sycamore - Reduce and remove crossing/included branches/limb at approx 5/6m; remove squirrel damaged…
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/24/05276/TCA - 20245 Sep
T6 Beech 1. Low crown, (up to 8m from ground level) - Thin by 15% - Reduce radial spread to south from approx…
ConditionsTree Preservation OrderSDNP/24/03659/TPO - 201813 Apr
1 x Sycamore (T1 of the Order) crown lift to 6m and remove epicormics and sucker growth at base. Reason: to…
Split DecisionTree Preservation OrderSDNP/18/02180/TPO
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Lewes
- National park: South Downs
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.
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 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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