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4 Lansdown Place Lewes East Sussex BN7 2JT

LW/10/1122/NPPlanning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 11 November 2010

Planning committee

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Proposal

Change of use from A1 (retail) to A3 (Cafe)

Received
1 September 2010
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
7
Ward
Lewes Bridge
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated1 Sep
  3. Consult.1 Oct
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided11 Nov

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 4 Lansdown Place Lewes East Sussex BN7 2JT. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 2JT
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 September 2010
Consultation expiry
1 October 2010
Consultation start
3 September 2010
Consultation end
1 October 2010
Neighbour consultation start
3 September 2010
Neighbour consultation end
1 October 2010
Last date for comments
1 October 2010
Target decision date
27 October 2010
Committee meeting
3 November 2010
Permission expires
11 November 2013

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
10 September 2010
Site notice end
1 October 2010

Additional information

Constraints
35

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: 2, Lansdown PlaceOn or next to this site · +4 more
  • 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 (19)

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, 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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