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School Hill House Car Park Walwers Lane Lewes East Sussex

SDNP/24/02359/TCATree in a Conservation AreaPending Decision

Proposal

T1 - Sycamore - whole 2 metre crown reduction and a 4 metre crown lift from the ground - to maintain the tree and to improve lower limbs from encroaching the alleyway and causing darkness

Received
11 June 2024
Decided
1 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received11 Jun
  2. Validated11 Jun
  3. Consult.28 Jun
  4. Target23 Jul
  5. Decided1 Jul

Decided in 20 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in South Downs99% of trees applications approved

This is a tree application at School Hill House Car Park Walwers Lane Lewes East Sussex. South Downs has handled 2,274 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 43 days. This one was decided in 20 days, 3 weeks quicker than South Downs's median. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Lewes Bridge Ward.

Application Details

Reference
SDNP/24/02359/TCA
Address
School Hill House Car Park Walwers Lane Lewes East Sussex
Local Authority
South Downs
Application Type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Conditions
Current Status
Decision Pending
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address
13 Rose Walk Seaford BN25 3DH

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
11 June 2024
Target Decision Date
23 July 2024
Date Decided
1 July 2024
Date Validated
11 June 2024
Date Submitted
11 June 2024
Last Date for Comments
28 June 2024

Planning Decision

Decided By
LA Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
42 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13139152
Documents
2
Coordinates
50.872810, 0.012178
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: South Downs

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Planning constraints

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.

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