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5 Fitzjohns Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1PP

LW/11/0059/NPPlanning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 March 2011

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Loft conversion including hip to gable roof extension and rear dormer

Received
17 January 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Lewes Castle
  1. Received17 Jan
  2. Validated17 Jan
  3. Consult.15 Feb
  4. Target14 Mar
  5. Decided7 Mar

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 5 Fitzjohns Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1PP. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Lewes's typical decision time. 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 1PP
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes

Planning application dates

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

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 1 Gosling Croft Business Park Long Furlong Clapham Worthing West Sussex BN13 3UT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
1 February 2011
Site notice end
22 February 2011

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

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