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101 Western Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1RS

SDNP/25/01470/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 1 May 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1- Bay - Cut down by 3m in height T2- Elder- Cut back by 1m T3- Plum- Remove 1x upright growing into Rowan, reduction of 1m down in height, and reshape remainder T4- Rowan- Remove 2x low limbs to north

Received
3 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
  1. Received3 Apr
  2. Validated3 Apr
  3. Consult.30 Apr
  4. Target15 May
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 101 Western Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1RS. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Lewes Priory 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 1RS
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 April 2025
Last date for comments
30 April 2025
Target decision date
15 May 2025
Permission expires
1 May 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Branch Out Tree Care
Agent address
Flat 2 81 Lorna Road Hove BN3 3EL

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13914533
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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© 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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