20 Grange Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TS
Approved on 2 May 2019
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Reduce pear tree in garden back to half its current height
- Received
- 5 April 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Priory Ward
- ReceivedReceived5 Apr
- ValidatedValidated5 Apr
- Consult.Consultation25 Apr
- TargetTarget Date17 May
- DecidedDecided2 May
Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 20 Grange Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TS. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area. There have been 3 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 1TS
- Application type
- Tree in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 April 2019
- Last date for comments
- 25 April 2019
- Target decision date
- 17 May 2019
- Permission expires
- 2 May 2021
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 1
- 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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© 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201512 Jun
Discharge of condition 4 relating to planning approval SDNP/14/01781/HOUS
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/15/02954/DCOND - 20146 Oct
Discharge of condition 2 of planning permission SDNP/14/01781/HOUS
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/14/05060/DCOND - 20143 Apr
Install full width rear dormer window, front dormer window and two roof lights, French doors to garden room…
ApprovedHouseholderSDNP/14/01781/HOUS
Source: South Downs
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