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5 North Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2PA

LW/02/1384Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 September 2002

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from office to residential on first floor

Received
10 July 2002
Ward
Lewes Castle
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated10 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Sep
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 5 North Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2PA. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 4,320 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.

92% of full applications at Lewes District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BN7 2PA
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 July 2002
Target decision date
3 September 2002

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • Listed building: Grade II: 5, North StreetOn this site · +5 more
  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: Land at Little East Street Car Park, Corner of North Street and East Street, Lewes BN7Register site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (18)

flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Lewes

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