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22 Prince Edwards Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1BE

SDNP/25/00112/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 4 February 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Rain tree - Reduce by 2m by reducing one scaffold of southern leader by 2m; rebalance remainder of this limb - to reduce shading adjacent to property. T2 - Apple - Reduce and thin recent regrowth - to maintain fruit production at reasonable height T3 and T4 - Elm - Reduce by approx 5m from approx 15m to 10m, creating pollard knuckles; points created would be above historical pollard points, which are at approx 7m - to improve light to adjacent garden to north of trees. T7 - Plumb - Reduce from approx 8m to 4m. Cavity at base. Tree in poor vigour. T8 - Plumb - Reduce eastern low limb over boundary from 6m to 2m. T11 - Apple - Reduce from approx 8m height to 5m; reduce radial spread to east, north and west from approx 3.5 to 2.5m - tree has died back and lost vigour, reduction to reduce risk of failure

Received
14 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
  1. Received14 Jan
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.31 Jan
  4. Target25 Feb
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 22 Prince Edwards Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1BE. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 5 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1BE
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council
District
Lewes Conservation Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2025
Last date for comments
31 January 2025
Target decision date
25 February 2025
Decision issued
5 February 2025
Permission expires
5 February 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Aspen Tree Care
Agent address
3 Heath Stables Spital Rd, Lewes BN7 1LS

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13689360
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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© 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 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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