72 South Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2BS
Approved on 27 May 2014
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Loft conversion incorporating dormer window to rear and two rooflights to front
- Received
- 1 April 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Bridge Ward
- ReceivedReceived1 Apr
- ValidatedValidated1 Apr
- Consult.Consultation28 Apr
- TargetTarget Date27 May
- DecidedDecided27 May
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 72 South Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2BS. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Lewes conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Lewes Bridge Ward. We hold 4,320 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 2BS
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 April 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 5 May 2014
- Consultation start
- 7 April 2014
- Consultation end
- 28 April 2014
- Neighbour consultation start
- 7 April 2014
- Neighbour consultation end
- 28 April 2014
- Last date for comments
- 5 May 2014
- Target decision date
- 27 May 2014
- Permission expires
- 27 May 2017
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 231 Preston Drove Brighton East Sussex BN1 6FL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 14 April 2014
- Site notice end
- 5 May 2014
Additional information
- Documents
- 14
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Lewes
- National park: South Downs
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.
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
- 20143 Dec
Discharge of conditions 2 and 3 relating to planning approval SDNP/14/01654/HOUS
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/14/06254/DCOND - 20141 Apr
Loft conversion incorporating dormer window to rear and two rooflights to front
This applicationApprovedFullSDNP/14/01654/HOUS
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: South Downs
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