Lewes Library Albion Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2ND
Approved on 15 November 2002
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Proposal
Renewal of temporary planning permission LW/99/1732CC to retain the extension to the library in East Street
- Received
- 2 October 2002
- Council
- Lewes District Council
- Ward
- Lewes Bridge
- ReceivedReceived2 Oct
- ValidatedValidated2 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date27 Nov
- DecidedDecided15 Nov
Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for an extension at Lewes Library Albion Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2ND. Lewes has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 4,320 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.
86% of outline 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 2ND
- Application type
- Consultation by ESCC
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 October 2002
- Target decision date
- 27 November 2002
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Lewes
- National park: South Downs
- Brownfield land register: Former Lewes Bus Station, Eastgate Street, Lewes.Register 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.
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