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Lewes Priory Priory Park Cockshut Road Lewes BN7 1HP

SDNP/18/06543/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 18 February 2019

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Beech - Sever ivy at ground level. Reduce back long slender limbs to N. and E. by 2m-3m.T3 Elder - N. and NE stems reduce loading by 30%. Mulch beneath. T4 Swedish Whitebeam - Raise crown to 2m by removing fine outer/hanging limbs. T7 Narrow Leaved Ash - Deadwood crown. Trim back lowest limbs towards path by 1m. T8 Ash - Deadwood crown. Reduce smallest stem back by 4m length. T10 Silver Maple - Re-reduce crown all over to previous cut points and remove epicormics. T11 Ornamental Cherry - Crown raise to 2m for maintenance. T12 Common Oak - Raise crown to 2m for maintenance. Concentrating on tertiary and secondary branches. T13 Beech - Raise crown to 2m for maintenance. Concentrating on tertiary and secondary branches. T16 Horse Chestnut - Reduce crown all over by 3m and deadwood. Reasons as per attached report from Broad Oak Tree Consultants Limited dated 7th September 2018

Received
24 December 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated24 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided18 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Lewes Priory Priory Park Cockshut Road Lewes BN7 1HP. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. 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 4,320 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
BN7 1HP
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council
District
Lewes CA 25/4/1979

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 December 2018
Target decision date
4 February 2019
Permission expires
18 February 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bonnys wood
Agent address
50 Houndean Rise Lewes BN7 1EH

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07510969
Documents
5
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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