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Malling Works Daveys Lane Lewes East Sussex

SDNP/14/02879/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 August 2014

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing retail site area to form new car parking area with re-surfacing of existing car parking area and surfacing of new car parking area, provision of new boundary fencing, over cladding of part elevation of existing car workshop building to match over cladding approved under Application SDNP/13/04653/FUL, provision of new insulated external render finish to exposed walls of Caffyns Workshop and Parts Department and construction of new 2.1m high brick wall with pair of metal entrance gates

Received
5 June 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
Agent
ECE Architecture
  1. Received5 Jun
  2. Validated20 Jun
  3. Consult.16 Jul
  4. Target15 Aug
  5. Decided7 Aug

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Malling Works Daveys Lane Lewes East Sussex. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across Lewes Bridge Ward.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 June 2014
Last date for comments
16 July 2014
Target decision date
15 August 2014
Permission expires
7 August 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
ECE Architecture
Architect profile
ECE ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
Brooklyn Chambers 11 Goring Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 4AP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03429438
Documents
19
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    9 Jul

    PRE-APPLICATION ADVICE: Erection of Free Standing Mcdonald's restaurant with drive thru lane, car parking and…

    ApprovedPre-Application AdviceSDNP/19/03583/PRE
  2. 2014
    3 Nov

    Re-cladding of workshop walling to replace timber cladding with profiled metal

    ApprovedFull ApplicationSDNP/14/05687/FUL
  3. 2014
    30 Sep

    Discharge of condition 3 relating to planning approval SDNP/14/03749/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/14/04954/DCOND
  4. 2014
    24 Jul

    Re-roofing of existing Parts Department building.

    ApprovedFull ApplicationSDNP/14/03749/FUL
  5. 2014
    24 Jul

    Re-roofing of existing Parts Department building

    ApprovedListed building consentSDNP/14/03750/LIS
  6. 2014
    25 Apr

    Demolition, dismantling and site clearance of buildings abutting a listed building to enable the future use…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationSDNP/14/02122/FUL

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