Southdown House 44 St Annes Crescent Lewes East Sussex BN7 1SD
Proposal
Conversion and alteration of former library buildings to form 12 residential units, including demolition of former pre-fabricated library building
- Received
- 15 September 2003
- Decided
- 7 November 2003 · Approved
- Council
- Lewes District Council
- Ward
- Lewes Priory
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- ReceivedReceived15 Sep
- ValidatedValidated15 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date7 Nov
- DecidedDecided7 Nov
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for demolition at Southdown House 44 St Annes Crescent Lewes East Sussex BN7 1SD. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type and approves 89% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Lewes's median. The site is in the Lewes conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 4,283 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.
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Associated applications
- 200316 Sep
Conservation Area Consent for the demolition of former library building from rear garden of Southdown House
ApprovedConservation Area Consent ApplicationFiled alongsideLW/03/1896 - 200315 Sep
Conversion and alteration of former library buildings to form 12 residential units, including demolition of…
This applicationApprovedFullLW/03/1879
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Lewes
- National park: South Downs
- Brownfield land register: Land at St Anne's Crescent, Lewes BN7 1SBRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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