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21 King Henrys Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1BY

SDNP/14/03185/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 23 July 2014

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1 x Cherry - Remove broken/split limb. Reduce limb overhanging neighbour garden by 40% (4.5-5m). Crown lift. Deadwood remainder including Elder and trim back branch ends by up to 20%1 x Laurel - Reduce height by approx. 3m and cut back both sides hard1 x Purple Plum - Remove deadwood. Crown thin by 15% and lightly reshape

Received
23 June 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
Agent
R W Green Ltd
  1. Received23 Jun
  2. Validated23 Jun
  3. Consult.15 Jul
  4. Target4 Aug
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 21 King Henrys Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1BY. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Lewes Castle Ward. We hold 4,320 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 1BY
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 June 2014
Last date for comments
15 July 2014
Target decision date
4 August 2014
Permission expires
23 July 2016

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

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Source: South Downs

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