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25 King Henrys Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1BY

SDNP/25/04649/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 29 January 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 - Ornamental Plum - Reduce Crown as per photos G1 - Conifers - Reduce height as per photos G2 - 1no. Holly and 1no. Ornamental Plum - Reduce Crown as per photos General works: Prune shrub behind trellis, Cut and shape hedge levelling the top from the house down to the trellis

Received
19 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
Agent
The Living Forest Ltd
  1. Received19 Nov
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.24 Dec
  4. Target16 Jan
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 25 King Henrys Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1BY. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Lewes Castle 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 1BY
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2025
Last date for comments
24 December 2025
Target decision date
16 January 2026
Permission expires
29 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Living Forest Ltd
Agent address
1 Turnden Cottages Hartley Road Cranbrook TN17 3QR

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14498829
Documents
7

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

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

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