53 Cluny Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1LN

SDNP/26/00101/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 26 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 - Black Poplar - reduction of approximately 2m to previous points T2 - Black Poplar - reduction of approximately 2m to previous points

Received: 12 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Downs
Ward: Lewes Priory Ward

ReceivedReceived12 Jan
ValidatedValidated12 Jan
Consult.Consultation17 Feb
TargetTarget Date9 Mar
DecidedDecided26 Mar

Decided in 73 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 53 Cluny Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1LN. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer 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 4,321 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 1LN
Application type: Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 January 2026
Last date for comments: 17 February 2026
Target decision date: 9 March 2026
Permission expires: 26 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: Sussex Green Canopy Solutions
Agent address: 3 De Montfort Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1SP

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14607313
Documents: 4

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.

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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.

Source: South Downs

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