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114 High Street Lewes BN7 1XY

SDNP/19/06167/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 31 March 2020

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Fell weeping willow (T1) in small back garden and replace with two cultivated apple trees, one to be standard in size. Weeping willow was planted about 40 years ago by previous owners and as a large, water demanding species on a chalk bank, is an inappropriate species choice for the site. Regular pollarding has minimised the impact to neighbouring gardens and the old flint walls that comprise the boundaries. However we would prefer to plant two cultivated apple trees, one to be standard, being species that will not overtake the space every year, will alos provide habitat and of course, apples. The weeping willow also has a fungal infection (which would be expected for this species on a poor site), so the regular maintenance required is becoming a safety concern.

Received
30 December 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
  1. Received30 Dec
  2. Validated31 Dec
  3. Consult.7 Feb
  4. Target11 Feb
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 114 High Street Lewes BN7 1XY. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. 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 1XY
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 December 2019
Last date for comments
7 February 2020
Target decision date
11 February 2020
Permission expires
31 March 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08389613
Documents
3
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • Listed building: Grade II*: No 111 and Railings to NorthOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: The Shelleys Hotel, 136 High Street LewesRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (18)

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 and heritage coasts.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: South Downs

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