Green Bank Rotten Row Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TN
Approved on 4 November 2015
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
1 x Bay - reduce and reshape all over by up to 3m4 x Hornbeam - reduce to previous pollard ponts1 x Bay - reduce crown by no more than 3m1 x Cotoneaster - reduce crown by up to 2m1 x Bay - reduce crown by up to 3m1 x Holly - reduce crown by up to 3m1 x Bay - reduce crown by up to 3m1 x Holly - reduce crown by up to 3m1 x Laurel - reduce crown by up to 3m1 x Holly - reduce crown by up to 3m1 x Holly - reduce crown by up to 4m
- Received
- 24 September 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Priory Ward
- Agent
- RW Green Limited
- ReceivedReceived24 Sep
- ValidatedValidated24 Sep
- Consult.Consultation20 Oct
- TargetTarget Date5 Nov
- DecidedDecided4 Nov
Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Green Bank Rotten Row Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TN. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 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 3 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
- District
- Lewes Conservation Area
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 September 2015
- Last date for comments
- 20 October 2015
- Target decision date
- 5 November 2015
- Permission expires
- 4 November 2017
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- RW Green Limited
- Agent address
- 10 Upper Stoneham Farm Lewes BN8 5RH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 2
- Constraints
- 7
Site 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202517 Jul
T1 - Sycamore - Pollard at 3m
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/25/02934/TCA - 202328 Nov
T1 - Bay - Reduce crown by 3m - to cut back excessive growth and allow more light throughT2 - Ash - Cut back…
ConditionsTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/23/05016/TCA - 202326 Jun
T1 - sycamore - PollarD to ancient pollard points
ConditionsTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/23/02622/TCA
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