Orchard Cottage The Bridleway South Heighton East Sussex BN9 0JH Data via plota.co.uk
TW/26/0071/TCA - Work to Trees (Conservation Area)
Awaiting decision
Proposal
T1 - Walnut - Fell to ground - Growing towards house and roof structure Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
14 Aug 2026
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Consultation
1 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 25 Sept 2026
This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 28 Sept 2026 and 7 Oct 2026, from Lewes's recent tree and landscaping works. Comments are open until 15 Sept 2026.
Comment on this application ↗Site constraints 7
South Heighton conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Public footpath 11 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
National park 5 m away: South Downs
Outside the park; its setting can still be raised.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Seaford to Eastbourne: Drink-in the Downs; 3 listed buildings within 150 m; Inside the Newhaven built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site
Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
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Important details
Decision outlook
Day 31 of the 56-day target. Lewes usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 50.
Day 3125 days to the 56-day target
67%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
49decided in the last year
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Lewes in the last twelve months, from validation. Lewes decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 12 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15156381
- Consultation
- 1 Sept 2026
- Comments by
- 15 Sept 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 25 Sept 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
31 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
This property
Previous applications at this address
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2025
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2025
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2025
Approved
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2022
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Approved
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Lewes
Planning Authority Score
7/10
Good
#62 of 296 councils
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Other decisions
Lewes ranks #126 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Only 25% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).
Rarely extends deadlines
decisions usually arrive on time
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application.
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Lewes decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #134 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #111 of 296
69%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #126 of 296
25%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #30 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
63 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
5 decided (10+ homes)
88%
Change of use approved
16 decided
394
Total decisions
42 refused in the year to March 2026
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