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2 De Warrenne Road Lewes BN7 1BP

SDNP/19/06018/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 31 March 2020

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Sycamore (T1) - Reduce and reshape by 25% back to growth points, clear bt line Holly (T2) - Reduce height by 3m Horse Chestnut (T3) - Reduce and reshape by 30% back to growth points, crown raise to 2.4m over footpath Elms x4 (G1) - Reduce and reshape by 15% back to growth points Yew (T4) - Reduce and reshape by 25% back to growth points Holly (T5) - Reduce and reshape by 25% back to growth points, cut overhang back to boundary Holly (T6) - Reduce and reshape by 25% back to growth points, cut overhang back to boundary Holly (T7) - Reduce and reshape by 30% back to growth points Bay (T8) - Reduce and reshape by 25% back to growth points Bay (T9) - Reduce and reshape by 25% back to growth points Fig (T10) - Reduce and reshape by 25% back to growth points

Received
17 December 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
  1. Received17 Dec
  2. Validated17 Dec
  3. Consult.6 Feb
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 105 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 De Warrenne Road Lewes BN7 1BP. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 7 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. We hold 4,321 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 1BP
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 December 2019
Last date for comments
6 February 2020
Target decision date
28 January 2020
Permission expires
31 March 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
30 Manton road Ground floor flat Brighton BN24FB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08369572
Documents
4
Constraints
7

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.

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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Source: South Downs

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