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Waitrose Supermarket Eastgate Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2LP

SDNP/14/02904/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 4 July 2014

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

1 x Maple Prune back secondary growth overhanging the trolley bay. Reduce the lateral branches growing towards the building back by 1 - 1.5 metres.

Received
6 June 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
  1. Received6 Jun
  2. Validated10 Jun
  3. Consult.30 Jun
  4. Target22 Jul
  5. Decided4 Jul

Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Waitrose Supermarket Eastgate Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2LP. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Lewes Bridge Ward. We hold 4,321 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at South Downs were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BN7 2LP
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 June 2014
Last date for comments
30 June 2014
Target decision date
22 July 2014
Permission expires
4 July 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Connick Tree Care
Agent address
New Pond Farm Woodhatch Road Reigate Surrey rh2 7qh

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03446923
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: Eastgate Wharf, Lewes (former Wenban Smith Site and current NCP Car Park)Register site at or near this address

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

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 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.

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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 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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Associated applications

  1. 2014
    10 Jun

    1 x Chestnut - remove dead wood and epicormic growth to a height of 5m

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderFiled alongsideSDNP/14/02944/TPO
  2. 2014
    6 Jun

    1 x Maple Prune back secondary growth overhanging the trolley bay. Reduce the lateral branches growing…

    This applicationApprovedTreesSDNP/14/02904/TCA

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2014
    3 Jan

    Installation of horticulture unit at front and associated works

    ApprovedFull ApplicationSDNP/14/00020/FUL

Source: South Downs

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