Deanery Cottages Church Lane South Malling Lewes East Sussex

SDNP/25/04250/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 19 December 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 - Hybrid Black Poplar - 6m reduction overall, removal of limb over river

Received: 20 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Downs
Ward: Lewes Bridge Ward

ReceivedReceived20 Oct
ValidatedValidated20 Oct
Consult.Consultation3 Nov
TargetTarget Date1 Dec
DecidedDecided19 Dec

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Deanery Cottages Church Lane South Malling Lewes East Sussex. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes (Malling Deanery) conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Lewes Bridge Ward.

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

Application type: Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 October 2025
Last date for comments: 3 November 2025
Target decision date: 1 December 2025
Permission expires: 19 December 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Documents: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: Lewes (Malling Deanery)
National park: South Downs

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.

Source: South Downs

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