2 Paddock Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1UU
Approved on 20 January 2025
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 - Beech - reduce crown by 1.5 metres approximately and thin crown by 10-15%.
- Received
- 18 November 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Castle Ward
- Agent
- R W Green Limited
- ReceivedReceived18 Nov
- ValidatedValidated18 Nov
- Consult.Consultation4 Dec
- TargetTarget Date30 Dec
- DecidedDecided20 Jan
Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 2 Paddock Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1UU. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 1UU
- Application type
- Tree in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
- District
- Lewes Conservation Area
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 November 2024
- Last date for comments
- 4 December 2024
- Target decision date
- 30 December 2024
- Decision issued
- 21 January 2025
- Permission expires
- 21 January 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- R W Green Limited
- Agent address
- Building Grain 500 Upper Stoneham Farm Lewes BN8 5RH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13566754
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Lewes
- 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
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202116 Apr
T1 - 1 No. Beech - crown reduce by 1.5 metres approximately and thin crown by up to 15%.
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/21/02112/TCA - 201514 Oct
1x Beech - Reduce crown by 40% to overall height 7m. reduce spread to within the boundaries of the property…
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/15/05209/TCA
Source: South Downs
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