4 Park Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1BN
Approved on 16 December 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Leylandii (T1) - Reduce height of crown to 5 meters - growing into/through large specimen tulip tree inhibiting growth Monterey Cypress (T2) - Crown reduce on all aspects by 2 meters - has become too large, growing into beech
- Received
- 28 November 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Castle Ward
- ReceivedReceived28 Nov
- ValidatedValidated28 Nov
- Consult.Consultation18 Dec
- TargetTarget Date9 Jan
- DecidedDecided16 Dec
Decided in 383 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 4 Park Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1BN. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 383 days, 47 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Lewes Castle Ward. We hold 4,321 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 1BN
- Application type
- Tree in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
- District
- Lewes Conservation Area
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 November 2024
- Last date for comments
- 18 December 2024
- Target decision date
- 9 January 2025
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-13595783
- Documents
- 3
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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202021 Oct
Discharge of condition 3 (cladding) relating to planning approval SDNP/19/02185/HOUS
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/20/04580/DCOND - 20209 Jun
Beech (T1,T2) - Crown reduce by 4 meters on all aspects. Crown has become too large, interfering with roof…
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/20/02280/TCA - 20198 May
First floor extension to existing single-storey house including timber cladding with black window frames…
ApprovedHouseholderSDNP/19/02185/HOUS - 20146 Mar
Laurel, Cherry, Holly, Lawson Cypress - Reduce by approx. 1 - 1.5m to an even height1 x Monterey Cypress…
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/14/01296/TCA
Source: South Downs
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