32A North End & Forge House Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8TF
Approved on 13 July 2007
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of disused forge to a two bed self-contained dwelling
- Received
- 12 April 2007
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Lewes District Council
- Ward
- Ditchling & Westmeston
- ReceivedReceived12 Apr
- ValidatedValidated8 May
- Consult.Consultation8 Jun
- TargetTarget Date3 Jul
- DecidedDecided13 Jul
Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at 32A North End & Forge House Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8TF. Lewes has handled 406 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in the Ditchling conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Ditchling & Westmeston. We hold 1,705 applications in total for the BN6 postcode area.
95% of heritage 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
- BN6 8TF
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ditchling
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 May 2007
- Consultation expiry
- 8 June 2007
- Consultation start
- 23 May 2007
- Consultation end
- 8 June 2007
- Neighbour consultation start
- 23 May 2007
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 June 2007
- Last date for comments
- 8 June 2007
- Target decision date
- 3 July 2007
- Decision issued
- 18 July 2007
- Permission expires
- 18 July 2010
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 14 May 2007
- Site notice end
- 4 June 2007
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-00203561
- Constraints
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Ditchling
- 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.
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Associated applications
- 200712 Apr
Change of use of disused forge to two bedroom dwelling
ApprovedPlanning ApplicationFiled alongsideLW/07/0473 - 200712 Apr
Conversion of disused forge to a two bed self-contained dwelling
This applicationApprovedHeritageLW/07/0475
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