Glebe House Rotten Row Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TN
Proposal
1 x Sycamore (T1 of the Order) crown lift to 6m and remove epicormics and sucker growth at base. Reason: to facilitate more growth and space for plants below1 x Beech (T2 of the Order) crown lift to 6m. Reason: to facilitate more growth and space for plants below1 x Beech (T8 of the Order) Crown reduce (under supervision) by 1.5 to 2m max and selective limb removal from within the crown no more than 100mm in diameter. Reason: Oppressive sized tree to both owners and neighbours to east and Church Lane
- Received
- 13 April 2018
- Decided
- 14 June 2018 · Split Decision
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Priory Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted13 Apr
- ValidatedValidated13 Apr
- Consult.Consultation8 May
- TargetTarget Date8 Jun
- DecidedDecided14 Jun
Decided in 62 days (council typically 56)
This is a tree application at Glebe House Rotten Row Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TN. South Downs has handled 2,274 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 43 days. This one was decided in 62 days, 3 weeks longer than South Downs's median. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Lewes Priory Ward. We hold 4,278 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.
Application Details
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Publicity
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Additional Information
Source: South Downs
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202419 Nov
T2 - Yew - Crown thin, estimate 20% thinner than average yew of this age. T7 - Sycamore - Remove lowest two…
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderSDNP/24/04812/TPO - 202419 Nov
T3 - Sycamore - Reduce and remove crossing/included branches/limb at approx 5/6m; remove squirrel damaged…
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/24/05276/TCA - 20245 Sep
T6 Beech 1. Low crown, (up to 8m from ground level) - Thin by 15% - Reduce radial spread to south from approx…
ConditionsTree Preservation OrderSDNP/24/03659/TPO - 20138 Nov
1 x Sycamore (T1 of the Order) - Crown lift to 4 metres1 x Beech (T2 of the Order) - Crown lift to 3 metres3…
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderSDNP/13/05356/TPO
Planning 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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