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18 Paddock Road Lewes BN7 1UU

SDNP/16/05177/TCATree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 16 November 2016

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

1 X Sycamore T1 of the Order - Reduce crown by approximately 1-2m back to previous reduction points. The tree is located to the rear of 18 Padlock Road on the steep terrace, the tree overhangs the adjacent gardens and New Road. This tree has been managed previously and is now in need of further pruning works to maintain good form.

Received
15 October 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.7 Nov
  4. Target12 Dec
  5. Decided16 Nov

Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 18 Paddock Road Lewes BN7 1UU. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. 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 1UU
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council
District
Tree Preservation Order (No.14) 1996

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2016
Last date for comments
7 November 2016
Target decision date
12 December 2016
Permission expires
16 November 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
Arbeco
Agent address
Mill Farm Barcombe Mills Road Lewes BN16DG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05557940
Documents
6
Constraints
9

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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