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Waitrose Eastgate Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2LP

SDNP/24/02693/TPOTree Preservation OrderDecided

Decided on 5 August 2024

Council decision: Split DecisionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

G1 - 13 x Sycamore/ Maples - Crown lift to 5m, reduction of lateral limbs by 1.5m & dead wood - low crown obstructing view T1 - 2 x Pine - reduce by 30% (1.5m) - unbalanced over exit road T4 - Horse Chestnut - crown lift to 5m, reduction of lateral limbs by 2m and deadwood - unbalanced and potential to damage building

Received
3 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
  1. Received3 Jul
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.18 Jul
  4. Target28 Aug
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Waitrose Eastgate Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2LP. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 2LP
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2024
Last date for comments
18 July 2024
Target decision date
28 August 2024
Decision issued
7 August 2024
Permission expires
7 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Pro Landscapes MDX
Agent address
St Stephens House Arthur Road Windsor SL4 1RU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13205481
Documents
5

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: LewesPart of the site
  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: Former Lewes Bus Station, Eastgate Street, Lewes.Register site at or near this address

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

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 and heritage coasts.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: South Downs

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