16 The Avenue Lewes East Sussex BN7 1QT
Approved on 2 April 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Copper Beech (T7) - Crown reduce lower laterals by 1.5 meters , Crown lift to 4 meters; Horse Chestnut Part of group - (G2) - Fell to ground level
- Received
- 6 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Castle Ward
- ReceivedReceived6 Feb
- ValidatedValidated6 Feb
- Consult.Consultation25 Mar
- TargetTarget Date3 Apr
- DecidedDecided2 Apr
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 16 The Avenue Lewes East Sussex BN7 1QT. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Lewes conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Lewes Castle 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 1QT
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 25 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 3 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 2 April 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Luminary
- Agent address
- 15 St Johns Terrace St Johns Terrace Lewes BN7 2DL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14681641
- Documents
- 7
Site 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.
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202616 Jan
T2 - Sycamore - Crown reduce laterals by 4 meters - laterals overhanging 14 The Avenue presenting an…
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/26/00183/TCA - 201416 Jun
1 x Horse Chestnut (G2 of Order, T1 on plan) - Raise crown to approx. 5m up to lowest primary limb over…
Split DecisionTree Preservation OrderSDNP/14/03052/TPO
Source: South Downs
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