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Rykehurst House Rotten Row Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TN

SDNP/14/03888/HOUSHouseholderApproved

Approved on 23 September 2014

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolish and rebuild existing brick pier and wall to street boundary

Received
1 August 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
Agent
BBM Sustainable Design
  1. Received1 Aug
  2. Validated1 Aug
  3. Consult.2 Sep
  4. Target26 Sep
  5. Decided23 Sep

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Rykehurst House Rotten Row Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TN. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area. There have been 6 other applications 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 1TN
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 August 2014
Last date for comments
2 September 2014
Target decision date
26 September 2014
Permission expires
23 September 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
BBM Sustainable Design
Agent address
Cooksbridge Station House Cooksbridge East Sussex BN8 4SW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03572251
Documents
15
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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© 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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Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    28 Sep

    T1 Lime tree Tilia re pollard to previous pruning points from pollard carried out in 2015

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/21/04899/TCA
  2. 2021
    2 Feb

    Sycamore (T1) - FellHollies (T2,T3,T4,T5) - Fell group of small Hollies Beech (T6) - Fell

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/21/00579/TCA
  3. 2018
    13 Feb

    Painting of pebble dash render to garage

    ApprovedHouseholderSDNP/18/00855/HOUS
  4. 2017
    19 Sep

    1 x Cherry (T1 on plan) - reduce crown by approximateley 1.5m back to previously pruned height and width1 x…

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/17/04886/TPO
  5. 2017
    31 Jul

    Render garage and insert window to rear of garage

    WithdrawnHouseholderSDNP/17/03893/HOUS
  6. 2017
    18 May

    Render garage to match existing house extension and insertion of a window to rear

    ApprovedPre-Application AdviceSDNP/17/02625/PRE

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