Sunnymead Rotten Row Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TN
Approved on 3 November 2017
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
1 x Field Cherry (Marked A on plan) - reduction of crown to maintain shape in position
- Received
- 26 September 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Priory Ward
- ReceivedReceived26 Sep
- ValidatedValidated26 Sep
- Consult.Consultation30 Oct
- TargetTarget Date7 Nov
- DecidedDecided3 Nov
Decided in 38 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 38 days, 3 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 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
- District
- Lewes Conservation Area
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 September 2017
- Last date for comments
- 30 October 2017
- Target decision date
- 7 November 2017
- Permission expires
- 3 November 2019
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
- Constraints
- 8
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
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202620 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 - 202426 Sep
T1 - Bay - remove stem growing over wall towards neighbouring property (Camoys) - reduce and reshape…
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/24/03954/TCA - 202322 Nov
T1 - Apple - Fell - unstable and has several large, dead limbs
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/23/04927/TCA - 20199 Sep
Proposed replacement gates
ApprovedPre-Application AdviceSDNP/19/04399/PRE - 201717 Aug
1x Bay - pruning of limb impacting on flint wall1x Holly - remove self sown tree currently impacting flint…
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/17/04312/TCA - 201621 Sep
1x Bay - reduction up to approx 25%.
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/16/04704/TCA
Source: South Downs
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