8 Wille Cottages South Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2BX
Approved on 19 March 2010
Planning committee
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Proposal
Installation of a set of six photo-voltaic solar panels on the south facing roof slope
- Received
- 22 December 2009
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Lewes District Council
- Ward
- Lewes Bridge
- ReceivedReceived22 Dec
- ValidatedValidated4 Jan
- Consult.Consultation5 Feb
- TargetTarget Date1 Mar
- DecidedDecided19 Mar
Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at 8 Wille Cottages South Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2BX. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area. There have been 2 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 2BX
- Application type
- Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 January 2010
- Consultation expiry
- 5 February 2010
- Consultation start
- 8 January 2010
- Consultation end
- 5 February 2010
- Neighbour consultation start
- 8 January 2010
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 February 2010
- Last date for comments
- 5 February 2010
- Target decision date
- 1 March 2010
- Committee meeting
- 17 March 2010
- Permission expires
- 19 March 2013
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 15 January 2010
- Site notice end
- 5 February 2010
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-00923189
- Constraints
- 16
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Lewes
- National park: South Downs
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 (20)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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2 other applications at this property, newest first.
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