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St Annes Post Office 21 Western Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1RL

LW/03/2252Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 23 December 2003

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Proposal

Change of use and conversion from former post office and dwelling to four dwellings

Received
6 November 2003
Ward
Lewes Priory
  1. Received6 Nov
  2. Validated6 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Jan
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at St Annes Post Office 21 Western Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1RL. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 11 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 1RL
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 November 2003
Target decision date
1 January 2004

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 Valley Road Crowborough East Sussex TN6 1ET

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0

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: 13, Western RoadOn or next to this site
  • National park: South Downs
  • 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 (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.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2003
    6 Nov

    Change of use and conversion from former post office and dwelling to four dwellings

    This applicationRefusedFullLW/03/2252
  2. 2003
    6 Nov

    Listed Building application for the conversion from former post office to four dwellings

    WithdrawnListed building consentFiled alongsideLW/03/2253

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