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1 Riverdale Lewes East Sussex BN7 2JL

SDNP/23/03324/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 14 September 2023

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Himalayan Birch, crown lift low limbs up to 7 metres at least 7no limbs, reduce remainder of crown by approximately 2.5- to 3.0 metres, crown thin by 10 percent and remove crossing branchesT2 Paulownia, fell to ground level

Received
9 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
Agent
R W Green Limited
  1. Received9 Aug
  2. Validated9 Aug
  3. Consult.6 Sep
  4. Target20 Sep
  5. Decided14 Sep

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Riverdale Lewes East Sussex BN7 2JL. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes (Malling Deanery) conservation area. There have been 4 other applications 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 2JL
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 August 2023
Last date for comments
6 September 2023
Target decision date
20 September 2023
Decision issued
9 October 2023
Permission expires
9 October 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12373115
Documents
3
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Lewes (Malling Deanery)
  • National park: South Downs

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Source: South Downs

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