23 King Henrys Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1BY
Approved on 20 January 2025
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Purple Plum (T1) - Crown reduce to height of 3 meters. Crown reduce radius to 1.5 meters Sycamore (T2) - Cutback overhanging lateral by 3 meters to fence line Horse Chestnut (T3) - Reduce lower laterals by 1.5 meters to match upper laterals
- Received
- 6 November 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Castle Ward
- ReceivedReceived6 Nov
- ValidatedValidated19 Nov
- Consult.Consultation6 Dec
- TargetTarget Date31 Dec
- DecidedDecided20 Jan
Decided in 62 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 23 King Henrys Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1BY. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 3 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area. 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 1BY
- Application type
- Tree in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 November 2024
- Last date for comments
- 6 December 2024
- Target decision date
- 31 December 2024
- Decision issued
- 21 January 2025
- Permission expires
- 21 January 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Tree Amigos
- Agent address
- 15 St Johns Terrace Lewes BN7 2DL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13540110
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: LewesPart of the site
- 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 (20)
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, 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.
- 201812 Jul
Insertion of dormer window, two rooflights and repositioning of two existing rooflights
ApprovedHouseholderSDNP/18/03728/HOUS - 20145 Nov
1 x holly - fell1 x ash - fell
WithdrawnTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/14/05721/TCA - 20148 Sep
1 x Plum - Remove1 x Ash - Remove
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/14/04576/TCA
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