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Liquid Studio St Andrews Lane Lewes East Sussex BN7 1UW

SDNP/19/05577/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 29 January 2020

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1. Cut main bough where it is split. The damaged bough supports branches which overhang our garden shed and next door roof.2. Cut secondary bough where it is split. Remove a branch which is bending close to the main building and impeding access to the back door3. Reduce the crown of the overall tree by 25%

Received
20 November 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
  1. Received20 Nov
  2. Validated11 Dec
  3. Consult.25 Dec
  4. Target22 Jan
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Liquid Studio St Andrews Lane Lewes East Sussex BN7 1UW. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 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 1UW
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 December 2019
Last date for comments
25 December 2019
Target decision date
22 January 2020
Decision issued
3 February 2020
Permission expires
3 February 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Shady Tree Company

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
1
Constraints
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • Listed building: Grade II: 16, Station StreetOn or next to this site
  • 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 (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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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    31 Oct

    Lime (T1) - Crown reduce all lateral regrowth by 1.5 meters back to previous points. Selective cut backs of…

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/25/04403/TCA
  2. 2025
    10 Sep

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (schedule of external materials finishes), 4 (final specification of tiling…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/25/03680/DCOND
  3. 2025
    7 Feb

    Discharge of Conditions 9 (Written record of existing building), 12 (Construction Phase Plan), 20…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/25/00532/DCOND
  4. 2024
    11 Jun

    Conversion and extension of existing detached office building for use as single family dwelling including…

    PendingFull ApplicationSDNP/24/02356/FUL
  5. 2020
    22 Dec

    Erection of two x 3 bedroom houses to replace existing studio building and associated landscaping works

    ApprovedFull ApplicationSDNP/20/05749/FUL
  6. 2020
    11 Jun

    Demolition of studio building and constuction of two four-bedroom houses with gardens, communual mews and…

    ApprovedPre-Application AdviceSDNP/20/02337/PRE

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