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220 - 221 High Street Lewes East Sussex

SDNP/13/05770/LISListed Building DemolitionApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 27 January 2014

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal of three non-original studwork walls to ground floor retail unit

Received
4 December 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
Agent
ECE Architecture
  1. Received4 Dec
  2. Validated11 Dec
  3. Consult.1 Jan
  4. Target5 Feb
  5. Decided27 Jan

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 220 - 221 High Street Lewes East Sussex. South Downs has handled 1,352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Lewes Bridge Ward.

93% of heritage 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

Application type
Listed Building Demolition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 December 2013
Consultation expiry
9 January 2014
Consultation start
11 December 2013
Consultation end
1 January 2014
Neighbour consultation start
11 December 2013
Neighbour consultation end
1 January 2014
Last date for comments
9 January 2014
Target decision date
5 February 2014
Decision issued
4 February 2014
Permission expires
4 February 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
ECE Architecture
Architect profile
ECE ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
Brooklyn Chambers 11 Goring Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 4AP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
19 December 2013
Site notice end
9 January 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03048040
Documents
11
Constraints
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • Listed building: Grade II: 220 and 221, High StreetOn this site · +1 more
  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: Eastgate Street Car Park & 3 Eastgate Centre, LewesRegister site at or near this address

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

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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Associated applications

  1. 2014
    7 Feb

    Discharge of conditions 2 & 3 relating to planning approval SDNP/13/05770/LIS

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/14/00669/DCOND
  2. 2013
    4 Dec

    Removal of three non-original studwork walls to ground floor retail unit

    This applicationApprovedHeritageSDNP/13/05770/LIS

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