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Chaulas 6 Eastgate Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2LP

LW/09/1318Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 February 2010

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Alterations & refurbishment to include removal of external escape stairs, internal partition walls, external railings, infilling of openings in rear wall, infilling of lightwell & installation of external escape stair, roof terrace & railings

Received
17 December 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Lewes Bridge
Agent
Cowie Montgomery Architects
  1. Received17 Dec
  2. Validated17 Dec
  3. Consult.21 Jan
  4. Target11 Feb
  5. Decided2 Feb

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Chaulas 6 Eastgate Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2LP. 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 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 4,321 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 2LP
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 December 2009
Consultation expiry
21 January 2010
Consultation start
24 December 2009
Consultation end
21 January 2010
Neighbour consultation start
24 December 2009
Neighbour consultation end
21 January 2010
Last date for comments
21 January 2010
Target decision date
11 February 2010
Decision issued
11 February 2010
Permission expires
11 February 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cowie Montgomery Architects
Agent address
Albion House Albion Street Lewes BN7 2NF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 December 2009
Site notice end
12 January 2010

Additional information

Constraints
58

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: 6, Eastgate StreetOn this site
  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: Former Lewes Bus Station, Eastgate Street, Lewes.Register site at or near this address · +1 more

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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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