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Cliffe Building Sussex Downs College Mountfield Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 2XH

SDNP/14/02343/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 23 July 2014

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replacement of the existing single glazed metal windows and timber cladding to the south elevation of the Art Wing of the old part of Cliffe Building with new double glazed white UPVC windows and colour coated metal insulated cladding

Received
8 May 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
Agent
Mackellar Schwerdt Architects
  1. Received8 May
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.1 Jul
  4. Target30 Jul
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at Cliffe Building Sussex Downs College Mountfield Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 2XH. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Lewes Priory Ward. We hold 4,321 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 2XH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2014
Last date for comments
1 July 2014
Target decision date
30 July 2014
Permission expires
23 July 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mackellar Schwerdt Architects
Agent address
The Old Library Albion Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2ND

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03377617
Documents
15
Constraints
31

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.

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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Source: South Downs

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