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Sunnymead Rotten Row Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TN

SDNP/17/04312/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 29 September 2017

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1x Bay - pruning of limb impacting on flint wall1x Holly - remove self sown tree currently impacting flint wall. To be replaced elsewhere1x Laurel - remove low value tree. To be replaced1x Cherry - remove. Runtish specimen due to bacterial canker. To be replaced1x Cherry - crown lift 2.5 metres1x Lawson's Cyprus - remove. Damaged trunk in poor position. To be replaced

Received
17 August 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
  1. Received17 Aug
  2. Validated17 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Sep
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Sunnymead Rotten Row Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TN. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 3 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 4,320 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 1TN
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 August 2017
Target decision date
28 September 2017
Permission expires
29 September 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    20 Apr

    Cherry (T1) - Reduce crown by 1-2m from top and sides, weight reduce decaying low limb by 3m

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/26/01536/TCA
  2. 2024
    26 Sep

    T1 - Bay - remove stem growing over wall towards neighbouring property (Camoys) - reduce and reshape…

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/24/03954/TCA
  3. 2023
    22 Nov

    T1 - Apple - Fell - unstable and has several large, dead limbs

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/23/04927/TCA
  4. 2020
    15 May

    Extended driveway with new gate, alteration / modification of garage with new roof, new garden steps and…

    ApprovedHouseholderSDNP/20/01908/HOUS
  5. 2019
    9 Sep

    Proposed replacement gates

    ApprovedPre-Application AdviceSDNP/19/04399/PRE
  6. 2017
    26 Sep

    1 x Field Cherry (Marked A on plan) - reduction of crown to maintain shape in position

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/17/04911/TCA

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