St Michael In Lewes Church High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1XU
Proposal
T1 - Copper Beech - Crown lift canopy on side towards church roof by 3-4 metres to clear church roof T2 - Red Horse Chestnut - Prune canopy away from Irish Yew by up to 2 metres T3 - Irish Yew - Balance shape top by pruning up to 1.5 metres
- Received
- 6 October 2022
- Decided
- 16 December 2022 · Raise No Objection
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Castle Ward
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- ReceivedReceived6 Oct
- ValidatedValidated6 Oct
- Consult.Consultation10 Nov
- TargetTarget Date17 Nov
- DecidedDecided16 Dec
Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)
This is a tree application at St Michael In Lewes Church High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1XU. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 43 days. This one was decided in 71 days, 4 weeks longer than South Downs's median. 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 57 applications across Lewes Castle Ward. We hold 4,283 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202512 Aug
T2 - Yew - mature - crown lift low 4no secondary limbs to east over wall and garden and thin side by up to…
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/25/03294/TCA - 202217 Jan
Submission of details required by condition 3 (access) and condition 4 (method statement) relating to…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/22/00194/DCOND - 202121 May
Proposed churchyard railings in front of deep gullies for the protection of visitors
ApprovedFull ApplicationSDNP/21/02819/FUL - 201515 May
Replacement of existing externally-mounted church signs, improvements to external access including…
ApprovedFull ApplicationSDNP/15/02407/FUL - 200312 Sep
Erection of guards to three glass windows fronting High Street
RefusedPlanning ApplicationLW/03/1869 - 200317 Apr
Listed Building application to erect guards to protect stained glass windows fronting onto High Street
WithdrawnListed building consentLW/03/0832
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Lewes
- Listed building: Grade II: Barnard Tomb 5 Yards North of Vestry of Church of St MichaelOn this site · +14 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 (18)
flood storage areas, green belt, 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.
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