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20 St John Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2QE

SDNP/14/01563/HOUSHouseholderPermitted

Proposal

Installation of one replacement window below pavement level on front elevation, blocking up one window opening and one door opening, forming two new window openings and installing two new windows at basement level, installation of two replacement windows at first floor level and one replacement window at second floor level

Received
26 March 2014
Decided
4 June 2014 · Approved
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated17 Apr
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target12 Jun
  5. Decided4 Jun

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in South Downs88% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for window replacement at 20 St John Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2QE. South Downs has handled 5,088 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 74 days. This one was decided in 70 days, 4 days quicker than South Downs's median. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Lewes Castle Ward. We hold 4,278 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
SDNP/14/01563/HOUS
Address
20 St John Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2QE
Postcode
BN7 2QE
Local Authority
South Downs
Application Type
Householder
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Application Determined
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Applicant & Agent

Agent
Steven Seear RIBA Architect
Agent Address
Curtis House 34 Third Avenue Hove East Sussex BN3 2PD

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
26 March 2014
Target Decision Date
12 June 2014
Date Decided
4 June 2014
Date Validated
17 April 2014
Date Submitted
26 March 2014
Last Date for Comments
20 May 2014
Permission Expires
4 June 2017

Planning Decision

Decision
Approved
Decided By
LA Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
13
Constraints
20
Coordinates
50.874840, 0.010332
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: South Downs

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • Listed building: Grade II: 41, St John'S StreetOn or next to this site
  • 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 (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.

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