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Broughton House 16 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2LN

LW/11/0020/NPReplacement Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 14 March 2011

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of offices into boutique hotel including single storey rear extension (renewal of extant planning approval LW/07/1399)

Received
6 January 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Lewes Bridge
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided14 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at Broughton House 16 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2LN. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 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 2LN
Application type
Replacement Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2011
Consultation expiry
18 February 2011
Consultation start
19 January 2011
Consultation end
16 February 2011
Neighbour consultation start
21 January 2011
Neighbour consultation end
18 February 2011
Last date for comments
18 February 2011
Target decision date
16 March 2011
Decision issued
15 March 2011
Permission expires
15 March 2014

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
20 January 2011
Site notice end
10 February 2011

Additional information

Documents
16
Constraints
37

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • Listed building: Grade II: 17, High StreetOn this site · +5 more
  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: 40-42 Friars Walk, Lewes East SussexRegister site at or near this address · +1 more

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.

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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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