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Falmer House Rotten Row Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TN

SDNP/22/04479/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 10 October 2022

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 (TPO38) - Holly - trim all round by maximum 500 mmT2 (TPO38) - Yew - trim all round by maximum 500mm

Received
26 September 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
Agent
Ben McWalter Ltd
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated26 Sep
  3. Consult.13 Oct
  4. Target7 Nov
  5. Decided10 Oct

Decided in 14 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Falmer House Rotten Row Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TN. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 6 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 1TN
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 September 2022
Last date for comments
13 October 2022
Target decision date
7 November 2022
Decision issued
14 October 2022
Permission expires
14 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ben McWalter Ltd
Agent address
The Oaks, Henfield Road, Albourne Albourne Albourne HASSOCKS BN6 9DE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11561045
Documents
4
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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