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30 Friars Walk Lewes East Sussex BN7 2LF

SDNP/13/05496/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 January 2014

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from retail to residential including external alterations

Received
18 November 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
Agent
ADC Ltd
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.12 Dec
  4. Target13 Jan
  5. Decided9 Jan

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 30 Friars Walk Lewes East Sussex BN7 2LF. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Lewes Bridge Ward. We hold 4,321 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.

88% of full applications at South Downs were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BN7 2LF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2013
Consultation expiry
20 December 2013
Consultation start
21 November 2013
Consultation end
12 December 2013
Neighbour consultation start
21 November 2013
Neighbour consultation end
12 December 2013
Last date for comments
20 December 2013
Target decision date
13 January 2014
Decision issued
13 January 2014
Permission expires
13 January 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
ADC Ltd
Agent address
72A Beaconsfield Road Brighton East Sussex BN1 6DD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
29 November 2013
Site notice end
20 December 2013

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03016759
Documents
21
Constraints
25

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: 29 and 30, Friar'S WalkOn this site · +5 more
  • National park: South Downs

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

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.

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.

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: South Downs

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