Southover Building Sussex Downs College Mountfield Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 2XH
Approved on 30 March 2011
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Replacement of existing single glazed windows and blocking up of smaller windows to classrooms on southern side of Southover Building, replacement of existing single glazed windows to gymnasium and former hall and replacement with brick cavity walling and colour coated metal cladding
- Received
- 9 February 2011
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Lewes District Council
- Ward
- Lewes Priory
- Agent
- Mackellar Schwerdt Architects
- ReceivedReceived9 Feb
- ValidatedValidated11 Feb
- Consult.Consultation14 Mar
- TargetTarget Date8 Apr
- DecidedDecided30 Mar
Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for window replacement at Southover Building Sussex Downs College Mountfield Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 2XH. 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 4,321 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 2XH
- Application type
- Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 February 2011
- Consultation expiry
- 18 March 2011
- Consultation start
- 14 February 2011
- Consultation end
- 14 March 2011
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 February 2011
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 March 2011
- Last date for comments
- 18 March 2011
- Target decision date
- 8 April 2011
- Permission expires
- 30 March 2014
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mackellar Schwerdt Architects
- Agent address
- The Old Library Albion Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2ND
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 15 February 2011
- Site notice end
- 8 March 2011
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-01377192
- Constraints
- 56
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- National park: South Downs
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.
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