Units 5 And 6 34 - 36 Cliffe High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2AN
Proposal
Change of use from B2 (office) to A1 (retail) with ancillary A3 usage (vegetarian healthfood shop and cafe)
- Received
- 12 October 2010
- Decided
- 9 December 2010 · Approved
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Lewes District Council
- Ward
- Lewes Bridge
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- ReceivedSubmitted12 Oct
- ValidatedValidated25 Oct
- Consult.Consultation26 Nov
- TargetTarget Date20 Dec
- DecidedDecided9 Dec
Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Units 5 And 6 34 - 36 Cliffe High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2AN. Lewes has handled 2,748 applications of this type and approves 89% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 58 days. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 4,278 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Lewes
- National park: South Downs
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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.
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