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33 De Montfort Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1SP

SDNP/15/04894/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 4 November 2015

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

1 x hedge/shrubs - Philadelphus, Jasmine, Viburnum and Berberis trim face side and reduce by 1ft approx1 x Privet hedge trim face side and reduce by 1ft approx1 x Allum Cypress remove deadwood and install a 6mm steel cable black sheath plus grips to hold together1 x Allum Cypress fell to ground level1 x Silver Birch reduce and reshape crown by up to 4m and crown lift1 x Holly strip holly from crown and lightly tip prune low crown1 x Twin stem Sycamore crown prune 2 no. low limbs and 3 no. low limbs to the south

Received
25 September 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
Agent
RW Green Ltd
  1. Received25 Sep
  2. Validated25 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target6 Nov
  5. Decided4 Nov

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 33 De Montfort Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1SP. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Lewes Priory 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 1SP
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council
District
Lewes Conservation Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 September 2015
Last date for comments
20 October 2015
Target decision date
6 November 2015
Permission expires
4 November 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
RW Green Ltd
Agent address
10 Upper Stoneham Farm Lewes BN8 5RH

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
2
Constraints
7

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.

Source: South Downs

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