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8 Lansdown Place Lewes BN7 2JT

SDNP/20/02731/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 15 October 2020

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

ash (T1) - reduce crown by 2m

Received
7 July 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.12 Aug
  4. Target18 Aug
  5. Decided15 Oct

Decided in 100 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 8 Lansdown Place Lewes BN7 2JT. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 6 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across Lewes Bridge 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 2JT
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2020
Last date for comments
12 August 2020
Target decision date
18 August 2020
Decision issued
28 October 2020
Permission expires
28 October 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
J LEE TREES
Agent address
37A CUCKFIELD ROAD HURSTPIERPOINT BN6 9RW United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08865460
Documents
3
Constraints
19

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: 19,20,21, Station StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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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Source: South Downs

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