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16 Station Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2DB

LW/09/0971Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 26 October 2009

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from A1 Retail to B1 Office at ground floor and alterations to shopfront

Received
9 September 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Lewes Priory
Agent
Greg Laye Ltd
  1. Received9 Sep
  2. Validated16 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Oct
  4. Target11 Nov
  5. Decided26 Oct

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 16 Station Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2DB. 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 13 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications 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 2DB
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 September 2009
Consultation expiry
16 October 2009
Consultation start
18 September 2009
Consultation end
16 October 2009
Neighbour consultation start
18 September 2009
Neighbour consultation end
16 October 2009
Last date for comments
16 October 2009
Target decision date
11 November 2009
Decision issued
6 November 2009
Permission expires
6 November 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent
Greg Laye Ltd
Architect profile
GREG LAYE LIMITED
Agent address
16 Cornfield Terrace Eastbourne East Sussex BN21 4NS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
18 September 2009
Site notice end
9 October 2009

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-00825978
Documents
11
Constraints
39

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: 16, Station StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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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