45 South Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2BU

SDNP/26/01013/TCATree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 23 April 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 - Sycamore - Crown reduction to original growth points (20-30% crown reduction)

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

ReceivedReceived12 Mar
ValidatedValidated16 Mar
Consult.Consultation6 Apr
TargetTarget Date27 Apr
DecidedDecided23 Apr

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 45 South Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2BU. South Downs has handled 2,289 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Lewes Bridge 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 2BU
Application type: Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 March 2026
Last date for comments: 6 April 2026
Target decision date: 27 April 2026
Permission expires: 23 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: TGM Forestry
Agent address: 6 Ersham Road Ersham road HAILSHAM BN27 3LD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14773164
Documents: 9

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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