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Rykehurst House Rotten Row Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TN

SDNP/15/00270/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 February 2015

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

1 x Yew- reduce crown by 1- 1.5m and crown lift to 2.5 m1 x Holly - crown lift by 1m of sub-lateral branches only1 x Cherry - reduce crown by 1.5 to 0.5m and crown lift by 0.5m1 x Fig - reduce crown by 2m1 x Lime - re-pollard as 2012

Received
13 January 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
Agent
The Thurman Consultancy
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.3 Feb
  4. Target24 Feb
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Rykehurst House Rotten Row Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TN. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Lewes Priory 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 1TN
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2015
Last date for comments
3 February 2015
Target decision date
24 February 2015
Permission expires
20 February 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Thurman Consultancy
Agent address
Burchetts Well Burchetts Station Road North Chailey BN8 4HE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2017
    19 Sep

    1 x Cherry (T1 on plan) - reduce crown by approximateley 1.5m back to previously pruned height and width1 x…

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/17/04886/TPO
  2. 2017
    18 May

    Render garage to match existing house extension and insertion of a window to rear

    ApprovedPre-Application AdviceSDNP/17/02625/PRE
  3. 2014
    7 Dec

    Demolish and rebuild existing section of wall to street boundary

    WithdrawnHouseholderSDNP/14/06298/HOUS
  4. 2014
    12 Aug

    Change of materials to existing garage

    RefusedHouseholderSDNP/14/04090/HOUS
  5. 2014
    1 Aug

    Demolish and rebuild existing brick pier and wall to street boundary

    ApprovedHouseholderSDNP/14/03888/HOUS
  6. 2014
    25 Mar

    Discharge of conditions 1 & 2 relating to SDNP/13/02415/HOUS

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/14/01500/DCOND

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