Tree preservation officer Daniel Wynn has issued a second conditional Tree Preservation Order, this time relating to 18 trees on the Waitrose side of the Phoenix Causeway.

Tree Preservation Order (No 4) 2006, Waitrose Store, Eastgate Wharf, Lewes. The main area, G1, runs along the line of the Waitrose car park area on Phoenix Causeway - four silver maple, eight Norway maple and one sycamore. There are also five other trees along the side of the road coming out of the cark park onto the Causeway (Eastgate Wharf) - one sycamore, two Norway maple and two Monterey pine.

They say in a covering letter, 'We have made the Order because of a perceived threat of felling exists from possible future development at the Phoenix Industrial Estate. The trees are considered important because they help screen the car parking area of the store and they provide an important visual amenity for the area. It is considered that their loss would impact on the environment and its enjoyment by the wider public of the area.'

Comments and letters of support need to go to Lindsay Frost, Director of Planning & Environmental Services ( ), by the 15th June. We hope you will e-mail your support for the Order to be made permanent and send a copy to the Tree Officer, Daniel Wynn ( ).

A draft letter will be posted on this site in due course.