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17 Cliffe High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2AH

LW/03/1999Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 December 2003

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Proposal

Change of use from retail to restaurant on ground floor with provision of toilets and kitchen

Received
3 October 2003
Ward
Lewes Bridge
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated3 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Dec
  5. Decided12 Dec

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 17 Cliffe High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2AH. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 2AH
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Lewes

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 October 2003
Target decision date
15 December 2003

Planning decision

Statutory period
73 days

Additional information

Comments
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • Listed building: Grade II: 18, Cliffe High StreetOn this site · +6 more
  • National park: South Downs

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 (19)

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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Associated applications

  1. 2003
    3 Oct

    Change of use from retail to restaurant on ground floor with provision of toilets and kitchen

    This applicationApprovedFullLW/03/1999
  2. 2003
    3 Oct

    Listed Building application for change of use from retail to restaurant on ground floor with provision of…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideLW/03/2000

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