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26 Prince Edwards Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1BE

SDNP/25/00937/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 16 April 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 and T2 - Beeches - Reduce the lateral crown between the two trees from approx 7/8m to 3.5/4m; Reduce the height of the crown between the two trees, where they face each other from approx 14m to 10m, reducing adjacent crown height to create a uniform, balanced crown shape; Reduce the lateral, elongated growth over garden to east from appox 10m to 6.5m; Thin both trees by approx 10% where the proposed crown reduction creates an unbalanced crown density. T2 - Beech - Reduce northern crown adjacent to property; Reduce radially from approx 8m to 6m by thinning or reducing lateral limbs G1 - Yew, Bay - Reduce two bay stems adjacent to low garden wall by 3m, from approx 5m to 2m T3 - Holly - Reduce height from approx 4.5m to 2.5m, trim remaining crown to form a uniform crown shape

Received
5 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
  1. Received5 Mar
  2. Validated5 Mar
  3. Consult.31 Mar
  4. Target16 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 26 Prince Edwards Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1BE. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 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
5 March 2025
Last date for comments
31 March 2025
Target decision date
16 April 2025
Permission expires
16 April 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-13826311
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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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