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Automatic Telephone Exchange North Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2PA

SDNP/24/04370/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 31 December 2024

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

T1 - Elder - Fell T2 - Sycamore - Fell

Received
22 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
  1. Received22 Oct
  2. Validated22 Oct
  3. Consult.13 Nov
  4. Target3 Dec
  5. Decided31 Dec

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Automatic Telephone Exchange North Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2PA. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer 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 54 applications across Lewes Castle Ward. We hold 4,320 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 2PA
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council
District
Lewes Conservation Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 October 2024
Last date for comments
13 November 2024
Target decision date
3 December 2024
Decision issued
2 January 2025
Permission expires
2 January 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13499859
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • Listed building: Grade II: 5, North StreetOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: Land at Little East Street Car Park, Corner of North Street and East Street, Lewes BN7Register site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (18)

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 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: South Downs

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