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99 Western Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1RS

LW/10/0262Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 19 May 2010

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of shop unit from licensed betting shop to Indian takeaway food shop including fitting out of shop and kitchen plus extractor vent to rear

Received
4 March 2010
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
Lewes Priory
Agent
Greg Laye Ltd
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated29 Mar
  3. Consult.29 Apr
  4. Target24 May
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 99 Western Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1RS. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 5 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 1RS
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 March 2010
Consultation expiry
30 April 2011
Consultation start
1 April 2010
Consultation end
29 April 2010
Neighbour consultation start
1 April 2010
Neighbour consultation end
29 April 2010
Last date for comments
30 April 2010
Target decision date
24 May 2010
Decision issued
21 May 2010

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
9 April 2011
Site notice end
30 April 2011

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-00985298
Documents
21
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • 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 (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.

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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