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Market Tower Market Street Lewes East Sussex

LW/10/0474/NPLocal Authority Application (Reg 3)Approved

Approved on 12 July 2010

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use to three ground floor rooms from storage to market use for the sale of local food and craft work and ancillary facilities to provide refreshment including yard to rear north west elevation.

Received
16 April 2010
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
5
Ward
Lewes Castle
  1. Received16 Apr
  2. Validated7 May
  3. Consult.11 Jun
  4. Target2 Jul
  5. Decided12 Jul

Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Market Tower Market Street Lewes East Sussex. Lewes has handled 47 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, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address.

94% of all 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

Application type
Local Authority Application (Reg 3)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 May 2010
Consultation expiry
11 June 2010
Consultation start
14 May 2010
Consultation end
11 June 2010
Neighbour consultation start
14 May 2010
Neighbour consultation end
11 June 2010
Last date for comments
11 June 2010
Target decision date
2 July 2010
Committee meeting
30 June 2010
Permission expires
12 July 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lewes District Council
Agent address
Southover House Southover Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 May 2010
Site notice end
2 June 2010

Additional information

Documents
15
Constraints
30

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: Market TowerOn this site · +6 more
  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: 191 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2010
    16 Apr

    Change of use to three ground floor rooms from storage to market use for the sale of local food and craft…

    This applicationApprovedOtherLW/10/0474/NP
  2. 2010
    16 Apr

    Change of use to three ground floor rooms from storage to market use for the sale of local food and craft…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideLW/10/0477/NP
  3. 2010
    16 Apr

    Six information boards

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongsideLW/10/0478/NP

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