39 Church Road Newick East Sussex BN8 4JX Data via plota.co.uk

TW/26/0053/TCA - Work to Trees (Conservation Area) Approved

Proposal

T1 - Sycamore - Reduction of height by 6m and reduction of canopy by 3 m - To reduce shading Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
2 Jul 2026
Consultation
21 Jul 2026
Approved
7 Aug 2026

Approved on 7 Aug 2026 · Last checked 26 Aug 2026

Site constraints 6

Newick (Church Road) 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.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
4 listed buildings within 150 m; Inside the Newick built-up area; Priority habitat 41 m away: Traditional orchard; 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

Council
Lewes
Application type
Work to Trees (Conservation Area)
Postcode
BN8 4JX
Received
2 Jul 2026
Validated
2 Jul 2026
Ward
Newick
Parish
Newick
Case officer
Show
Target decision
13 Aug 2026
Decision
No Objection
Decision date
7 Aug 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Treewise Tree Services Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, 14 days faster than Lewes's median of 50 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.

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.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 26 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15051394
Neighbours
22 Jul 2026
Consultation
21 Jul 2026
Comments by
4 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No
Lewes
Planning Authority Score
7/10
Good
#62 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
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. View full council performance
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