5 De Montfort Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1SP
Proposal
Erection of lower ground floor extension to rear including terrace over and insertion of a rooflight to front
- Received
- 24 February 2014
- Decided
- 15 April 2014 · Approved
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Priory Ward
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- ReceivedReceived24 Feb
- ValidatedValidated26 Feb
- Consult.Consultation20 Mar
- TargetTarget Date23 Apr
- DecidedDecided15 Apr
Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for an extension at 5 De Montfort Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1SP. South Downs has handled 5,096 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 74 days. This one was decided in 50 days, 3 weeks quicker than South Downs's median. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 72 applications across Lewes Priory Ward. We hold 4,283 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.
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Associated applications
- 201427 Oct
Discharge of conditions 2 & 3 relating to planning approval SDNP/14/00982/HOUS
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/14/05511/DCOND - 201424 Feb
Erection of lower ground floor extension to rear including terrace over and insertion of a rooflight to front
This applicationApprovedFullSDNP/14/00982/HOUS
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Lewes
- National park: South Downs
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage 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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