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Friends Meeting House 32 Friars Walk Lewes East Sussex BN7 2LE

SDNP/24/04139/TCATree in a Conservation AreaPermitted

Proposal

T1 - Lime - Crown raise to 3.5m and reduction of lateral branches by 2 meters while maintaining the upper canopy

Received
3 October 2024
Decided
22 November 2024 · Raise No Objection
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated3 Oct
  3. Consult.28 Oct
  4. Target14 Nov
  5. Decided22 Nov

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

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

This is a tree application at Friends Meeting House 32 Friars Walk Lewes East Sussex BN7 2LE. 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 50 days, 7 days longer than South Downs's median. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Lewes Bridge Ward. We hold 4,278 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
SDNP/24/04139/TCA
Address
Friends Meeting House 32 Friars Walk Lewes East Sussex BN7 2LE
Postcode
BN7 2LE
Local Authority
South Downs
Application Type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Application Determined
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address
Palm Cottage 5A King Henrys Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1BT

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
3 October 2024
Target Decision Date
14 November 2024
Date Decided
22 November 2024
Date Validated
3 October 2024
Date Submitted
3 October 2024
Last Date for Comments
28 October 2024
Permission Expires
22 November 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Raise No Objection
Decided By
LA Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
42 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
3
Coordinates
50.872555, 0.013972
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: South Downs

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    3 Oct

    T1 - Lime - Crown raise to 3.5m and reduction of lateral branches by 2 meters while maintaining the upper…

    This applicationApprovedTreesSDNP/24/04139/TCA
  2. 2024
    26 Sep

    T1 - Lime - Crown raise to 3.5m, and reduction to lateral branches by 2m

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaFiled alongsideSDNP/24/03981/TCA

Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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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© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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