5 Bull Lane Lewes East Sussex BN7 1UA
Approved on 24 July 2024
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 - Bay - Fell to ground level
- Received
- 10 July 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Priory Ward
- ReceivedReceived10 Jul
- ValidatedValidated10 Jul
- Consult.Consultation31 Jul
- TargetTarget Date21 Aug
- DecidedDecided24 Jul
Decided in 14 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 5 Bull Lane Lewes East Sussex BN7 1UA. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 6 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 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 1UA
- Application type
- Tree in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 July 2024
- Last date for comments
- 31 July 2024
- Target decision date
- 21 August 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 6a Bull Lane Lewes East Sussex BN7 1UA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13218143
- Documents
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Lewes
- Listed building: Grade II: Remains of the Town Walls Behind Nos 11-16 (Inclusive)On or next to this site · +3 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 (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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 200916 Nov
Discharge of conditions 3 & 4 relating to planning approval LW/09/0847
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsLW/09/1214/CD - 20096 Aug
Remove existing wooden fence and security rail, create new hard standing and reinstate fence/security rail…
ApprovedPlanning ApplicationLW/09/0847 - 200314 Mar
Create hardstanding
ApprovedPlanning ApplicationLW/03/0573
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