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Shelleys Hotel 135 - 136 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1XS

LW/09/0991Planning ApplicationPermitted
Full

Proposal

Section 73A Retrospective application for the retention of three external wall lights to the rear west terrace of the hotel

Received
14 September 2009
Decided
27 November 2009 · Approved
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Lewes Castle
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated7 Oct
  3. Consult.6 Nov
  4. Target2 Dec
  5. Decided27 Nov

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Lewes92% of full applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is a full planning application at Shelleys Hotel 135 - 136 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1XS. 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 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Lewes's median. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. We hold 4,283 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
LW/09/0991
Address
Shelleys Hotel 135 - 136 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1XS
Postcode
BN7 1XS
Local Authority
Lewes
Application Type
Planning Application
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Lewes Castle
Parish
Lewes

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
Sutton House Sutton Place Seaford East Sussex BN25 3PJ

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
14 September 2009
Consultation Expiry
6 November 2009
Target Decision Date
2 December 2009
Date Decided
27 November 2009
Date Validated
7 October 2009
Date Submitted
14 September 2009
Consultation Start
9 October 2009
Consultation End
6 November 2009
Neighbour Consultation Start
9 October 2009
Neighbour Consultation End
6 November 2009
Last Date for Comments
6 November 2009
Decision Issued
22 December 2009
Permission Expires
22 December 2012

Planning Decision

Decision
Approved
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Site Notice Start
14 October 2009
Site Notice End
4 November 2009

Appeal

Additional Information

Comments
2
Documents
5
Constraints
10
Coordinates
50.872448, 0.003975
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Lewes

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Associated applications

  1. 2010
    29 Jan

    Discharge of condition 1 relating to planning approval LW/09/0991

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsLW/10/0148/CD
  2. 2009
    14 Sep

    Section 73A Retrospective application for the retention of three external wall lights to the rear west…

    This applicationApprovedFullLW/09/0991

Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Shelley'S Hotel and Railings to SouthOn or next to this site
  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: The Shelleys Hotel, 136 High Street LewesRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (18)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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