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Street Record High Street Newhaven East Sussex

LW/26/0145Certificate of Lawful Use/Dev (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 July 2026

Proposal

Public realm improvements consisting of decluttering, locally new paving, new street furniture, trees, planting beds (including rain gardens) and lighting

Received
23 March 2026
Ward
Newhaven South
Agent
Erect Architecture
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated11 May
  3. Consult.10 Jun
  4. Target6 Jul
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 79 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Street Record High Street Newhaven East Sussex. Lewes has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 128 days, 10 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Newhaven South. We hold 97 applications in total for the BN9 postcode area.

86% of outline 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
BN9 9PU
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use/Dev (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newhaven Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 May 2026
Consultation expiry
10 June 2026
Consultation start
13 May 2026
Consultation end
10 June 2026
Last date for comments
10 June 2026
Target decision date
6 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Erect Architecture
Architect profile
ERECT ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
22B Regent Studios 8 Andrews Road London E8 4QN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
25
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (22)

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 parks, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Lewes

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