Western Road Community Primary School Southover High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1JB
Proposal
Trees within School: TG1 - group of Lime trees - approximately 3 No. - crown lift trees over public footpath to 2.5-3.0 metre height and over road by 5.5-6.0 metre height T2 - Sorbus - car park - dead - fell to ground level Forest School Area - see attached drawing RWG.02.9.9.25: T1 - Horse Chestnut - remove major deadwood. T2 - London Plane - remove major deadwood - infected with massaria T3- Horse Chestnut - crown thin by 20% to lessen weight on limb (branch cavity on southern branch). T4 - Horse Chestnut - crown thin by up to 10% - basal decay on north side evident. T5- Horse Chestnut - fell piecemeal to low monolith stump - basal decay Ketzschmaria deusta fungi present
- Received
- 7 November 2025
- Decided
- 7 January 2026 · Raise No Objection
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Priory Ward
- ReceivedReceived7 Nov
- ValidatedValidated2 Dec
- Consult.Consultation18 Dec
- TargetTarget Date13 Jan
- DecidedDecided7 Jan
Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)
This is a tree application at Western Road Community Primary School Southover High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1JB. South Downs has handled 2,287 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 43 days. This one was decided in 61 days, 3 weeks longer than South Downs's median. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 72 applications across Lewes Priory Ward. We hold 4,283 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20266 Feb
T1 - Weeping willow - over-mature - entire crown to be repollarded to old growth points. A - large limb over…
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/26/00497/TCA - 20253 Oct
T3 - Norway Spruce - fell to ground level
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/25/03995/TCA - 202228 Jun
Replacement of car park fencing with 2.5m fencing with flat beam finish, replacement gate to front with 1no…
ApprovedFull ApplicationSDNP/22/03048/FUL
Planning constraints
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.
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