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Cliffehanger Cuilfail Lewes BN7 2BE

SDNP/20/02196/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 21 July 2020

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

18 x Ash Trees all with ash dieback - need to be felled4 x Ash trees to deadwood There is a footpath beneath the trees and the client wants to keep the footpath safe. Re-plant with Beech and Acers

Received
4 June 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
  1. Received4 Jun
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.8 Jul
  4. Target30 Jul
  5. Decided21 Jul

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Cliffehanger Cuilfail Lewes BN7 2BE. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Lewes Bridge 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 2BE
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council
District
TPO (No 3) 1990

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2020
Last date for comments
8 July 2020
Target decision date
30 July 2020
Permission expires
21 July 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Regency Tree Specialists
Agent address
Pelham Farm House Palehouse Common Framfield TN22 5QZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08704790
Documents
4
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.

  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

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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