St Nicholas Centre Spital Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1PA
Proposal
Sycamore [T1] - Fell to prevent future damage to wall Cherry species [T2] - Fell to prevent future damage to wall Sycamore [T3] - Fell as no other mitigation to prevent damage to wall Sycamore, Yew, Cherry laurel [G4] - Fell all trees with stems within 400mm of wall Holly [T5] - Fell as no other mitigation to prevent damage to wall Cherry laurel [T6] - Fell as no other mitigation to prevent damage to wall Sycamore [T7] - Fell as no other mitigation to prevent damage to wall Sycamore [T8] - Fell as no other mitigation to prevent damage to wall
- Received
- 6 March 2026
- Decided
- 16 April 2026 · Raise No Objection
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Priory Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted6 Mar
- ValidatedValidated6 Mar
- Consult.Consultation9 Apr
- TargetTarget Date17 Apr
- DecidedDecided16 Apr
Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)
This is a tree application at St Nicholas Centre Spital Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1PA. South Downs has handled 2,274 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 43 days. This one was decided in 41 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 71 applications across Lewes Priory Ward. We hold 4,278 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
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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© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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