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The Paddock Paddock Road Lewes East Sussex

SDNP/19/05540/TPOTree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 29 January 2020

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T2 Beech - Remove deadwood including hanger. Aerial inspection of fungus and cavity. Investigate significance of decay on northern stem, T7 Elm - Fell to ground level, T7 Elm - Fell to ground level and eco plug, T5 Sycamore - Fell to ground level, T3 Beech - Remove all deadwood including hanger, aerial inspection and report on bark inclusion at 2m, T6 Sycamore - Fell to ground level using MEWP roadside, T1 Elm - Fell to ground level

Received
18 November 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.3 Dec
  4. Target30 Dec
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Paddock Paddock Road Lewes East Sussex. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 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 54 applications across Lewes Castle Ward.

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

Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2019
Last date for comments
3 December 2019
Target decision date
30 December 2019
Permission expires
29 January 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08298099
Documents
1
Constraints
43

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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Source: South Downs

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