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211 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2NH

SDNP/15/05412/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 8 December 2015

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

1x Bay - remove2x Holly - remove1x Beech - remove

Received
20 October 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
  1. Received20 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.10 Nov
  4. Target1 Dec
  5. Decided8 Dec

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 211 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2NH. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across Lewes Bridge 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 2NH
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council
District
Lewes Conservation Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2015
Last date for comments
10 November 2015
Target decision date
1 December 2015
Permission expires
8 December 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
2
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • Listed building: Grade II: No 212 and Railings to SouthOn this site · +9 more
  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: Former Lewes Bus Station, Eastgate Street, Lewes.Register site at or near this address · +1 more

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

Also checked, none recorded (18)

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

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