Skip to content

Lewes Railway Station, Car Park Station Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 2UP

SDNP/25/00828/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 4 April 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Tree 3 - Cider Gum - Dismantle to ground level Tree 4 - English Elm - Reduce Crown in height (by 3m) and shape (Specify final height and width) Tree 11 - Sycamore - Dismantle to ground level Tree 12 - Sycamore - Monolith to 6m from ground level

Received
27 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
Agent
Newtimber Land Management Ltd
  1. Received27 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.21 Mar
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided4 Apr

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Lewes Railway Station, Car Park Station Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 2UP. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across Lewes Bridge 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
BN7 2UP
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2025
Last date for comments
21 March 2025
Target decision date
10 April 2025
Permission expires
4 April 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Newtimber Land Management Ltd
Agent address
Unit 34 Newhaven Enterprise Centre Newhaven BN9 9BA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13809208
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: Lewes Railway Station Car Park, Pinwell Road, Lewes BN7 2UPRegister 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 (19)

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 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: South Downs

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near BN7

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address