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6 Park Road Lewes BN7 1BN

SDNP/20/05644/TCATree in a Conservation AreaWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 18 January 2021

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

T1 - Holly - driveway entrance - dead - fell to ground level.T2 - Lime - gateway - re-pollard to previous pruning points (3 metres).T3 - Holly - rear garden - fell - suppressed tree.T4 - Yew - reduce and reshape crown all over by up to 3 metres keeping low cover.T5 - Bay - reduce by up to 4 metres keeping low cover.T6 - Lime - remove basal growth and reduce and reshape crown by 4 metres approximately.T7 - Lime - remove basal growth and reduce and reshape crown by 4 metres approximately.T8 - Yew - reduce and reshape crown all over by up to 3 metres keeping low cover.T9 - Bay - reduce and reshape crown by up to 3 metres and keep low cover.T10 - Acacia - leaning towards road - fell to ground level.T11 - Elder - leaning towards road - dead - fell to ground level.T12 - Elder - small - suppressed by Yew - fell.T13 - Holly - small - suppressed by Yew - fell.T14 - Holly - shape over road and towards neighbours drive by up to 2 metres.T15 - Holly - shape towards neighbours by up to 2 metres.T16 - Red Horse Chestnut - reduce and reshape crown by up to 3 metres.T17 - Lime - reduce and reshape crown by up to 6 metres (30%), thin by up to 20%, crown lift to 5.5 metres and remove basal growth.T18 - Apple - rear of house - dead/dying - fell.T19 - Bay - reduce to 3 metres in height.

Received
16 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
Agent
R W Green Limited
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated16 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Jan
  5. Decided18 Jan

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 6 Park Road Lewes BN7 1BN. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 33 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Lewes conservation area. There have been 2 other applications 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 1BN
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 December 2020
Target decision date
27 January 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
R W Green Limited
Agent address
Building Grain 500 Upper Stoneham Farm LEWES BN8 5RH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09346915
Documents
4
Constraints
8

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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© 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.

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Source: South Downs

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