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76 Prince Edwards Road Lewes BN7 1BH

SDNP/18/05703/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 18 January 2019

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Front Garden - T1 - Irish Yew - trim tightly to shape (by no more than 0.5 metres).Rear Garden - T2 - Leyland Cypress - trim shape top and sides all around - by no more than 0.5 metres.T5 - Lilac - reduce and reshape crown all over by up to 2 metres to vertical growth points

Received
6 November 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
Agent
R W Green Limited
  1. Received6 Nov
  2. Validated6 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Dec
  5. Decided18 Jan

Decided in 73 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 76 Prince Edwards Road Lewes BN7 1BH. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Lewes Priory Ward. We hold 4,320 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 1BH
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council
District
Lewes Conservation Area 25/4/1979

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 November 2018
Target decision date
18 December 2018
Permission expires
18 January 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
R W Green Limited
Agent address
Unit 10, Upper Stoneham Farm LEWES BN8 5RH

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07402967
Documents
3
Constraints
7

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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