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Crowlink Rotten Row Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TN

SDNP/14/00602/TCATree in a Conservation AreaPermitted

Proposal

1 x Lime (behind garage) - Reduce and reshape by 1m to previous pruning points and remove epicormic growth1 x Lime (behind house) - Reduce and reshape by 1m to previous pruning points and remove epicormic growth1 x Lime (boundary) - Reduce and reshape by 1.5m and remove epicormic growthRear boundary - trim all vegetation back to fence line and reduce tops by approx. 1.5m1 x Cypress - Reduce lower branches overhanging gardens by 0.5-1m1 x Holly - Crown raise to approx. 2m1 x Plum - Formative prune1 x Bamboo - Reduce height by approx. 2m and prune away from the BayShrub group (adj. garage) - Prune back to give 1m clearance from garage

Received
31 January 2014
Decided
28 February 2014 · Raise No Objection
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received31 Jan
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.19 Feb
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided28 Feb

Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in South Downs99% of trees applications approved

This is a tree application at Crowlink 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 28 days, 2 weeks quicker than South Downs's median. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 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.

Application Details

Reference
SDNP/14/00602/TCA
Address
Crowlink Rotten Row Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TN
Postcode
BN7 1TN
Local Authority
South Downs
Application Type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Application Determined
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
Parish
Lewes Town Council
District
Lewes Conservation Area

Applicant & Agent

Agent
R W Green Ltd
Agent Address
R W Green Ltd Unit 10 Upper Stoneham Farm Lewes East Sussex BN8 5RH

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
31 January 2014
Consultation Expiry
19 February 2014
Target Decision Date
19 March 2014
Date Decided
28 February 2014
Date Validated
5 February 2014
Date Submitted
31 January 2014
Consultation End
19 February 2014
Last Date for Comments
19 February 2014
Decision Issued
4 March 2014
Permission Expires
4 March 2016

Planning Decision

Decision
Raise No Objection
Decided By
LA Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
42 days

Publicity

Last Advertised
5 February 2014
Advertisement Expiry
19 February 2014

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
3
Constraints
8
Coordinates
50.871240, 0.003667
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: South Downs

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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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© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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

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