Green Bank Rotten Row Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TN
Approved on 27 February 2024
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T1 - Bay - Reduce crown by 3m - to cut back excessive growth and allow more light throughT2 - Ash - Cut back branches by approximately 2-3m - to reduce overhanging neighbouring gardenT3 - Plum - Cut back lower branches by approximately 2-3m - to lift crown
- Received
- 28 November 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Priory Ward
- ReceivedReceived28 Nov
- ValidatedValidated29 Nov
- Consult.Consultation4 Jan
- TargetTarget Date10 Jan
- DecidedDecided27 Feb
Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Green Bank Rotten Row Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TN. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Lewes Priory 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 1TN
- Application type
- Tree in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
- District
- Lewes Conservation Area
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 November 2023
- Last date for comments
- 4 January 2024
- Target decision date
- 10 January 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- West House Rotten Row Lewes BN7 1TN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12631312
- Documents
- 3
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202517 Jul
T1 - Sycamore - Pollard at 3m
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/25/02934/TCA - 202326 Jun
T1 - sycamore - PollarD to ancient pollard points
ConditionsTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/23/02622/TCA - 201524 Sep
1 x Bay - reduce and reshape all over by up to 3m4 x Hornbeam - reduce to previous pollard ponts1 x Bay…
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/15/04856/TCA
Source: South Downs
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