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49 Spences Lane Lewes East Sussex BN7 2HF

SDNP/14/00336/HOUSHouseholderApproved

Approved on 20 March 2014

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of garage to living accommodation with associated alterations, erection of enclosed front porch, installation of three windows to side and erection of shed in rear garden

Received
22 January 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
Agent
Ben Jones Architects
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated31 Jan
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target28 Mar
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at 49 Spences Lane Lewes East Sussex BN7 2HF. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Lewes Bridge Ward. We hold 4,320 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 2HF
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 January 2014
Last date for comments
27 February 2014
Target decision date
28 March 2014
Decision issued
28 March 2014
Permission expires
28 March 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ben Jones Architects
Architect profile
BEN JONES ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
13 Dorset Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
16
Constraints
16

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)Part of the site
  • National park: South Downs

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

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.

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

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Source: South Downs

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