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64 and 65 Southover High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1JA

SDNP/18/03968/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 21 August 2018

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1 x Hawthorn (T1 on the sketch). This provides attractive blossom and foliage in the neighbouring streets but needs reduction to previous points to reduce its intrusion on nearby shrubs and a quince tree. 1 x Cyprus (T5 on the sketch). To be felled because a) tree is overgrown and unhealthy b0 takes light from most of garden c) neighbour at 62 in in agreement. 1 x Holly (T2 on the sketch). Reduce height to previous points and trim. Reason as in b) above. 1 x Yew (T3 on the sketch). Trim. Reason as in b) above. 1 x Holly (T4 on the sketch). This tree has lost its canopy and needs to be felled to a height of 2m where new shoots will create new growth. 1 x Black Walnut (T6 on the sketch). Crown thinning to enhance appearance.

Received
23 July 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated23 Jul
  3. Consult.8 Aug
  4. Target3 Sep
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 64 and 65 Southover High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1JA. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Lewes Priory Ward. We hold 4,321 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 1JA
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council
District
Lewes Conservation Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 July 2018
Last date for comments
8 August 2018
Target decision date
3 September 2018
Permission expires
21 August 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

Also checked, none recorded (19)

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, 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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