220 - 221 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2AF
Approved on 31 October 2014
Planning committee
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Proposal
Change of use of land from pavement to outdoor seating area
- Received
- 8 September 2014
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Bridge Ward
- Agent
- GL Hearn Ltd
- ReceivedReceived8 Sep
- ValidatedValidated9 Sep
- Consult.Consultation6 Oct
- TargetTarget Date4 Nov
- DecidedDecided31 Oct
Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 220 - 221 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2AF. 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, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 2AF
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 September 2014
- Last date for comments
- 6 October 2014
- Target decision date
- 4 November 2014
- Permission expires
- 31 October 2017
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- GL Hearn Ltd
- Agent address
- 280 High Holborn London W1CV 7EE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-03629279
- Documents
- 36
- Constraints
- 22
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Lewes
- National park: South Downs
- Brownfield land register: Eastgate Street Car Park & 3 Eastgate Centre, LewesRegister site at or near this address
Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (18)
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 and heritage coasts.
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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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20145 Jun
Internal alterations
ApprovedListed building consentSDNP/14/02875/LIS - 20145 Jun
Installation of two non-illuminated fascia signs and two non-illuminated projecting signs
ApprovedListed building consentSDNP/14/02877/LIS - 201421 May
Installation of 2 x non illuminated timber projecting signs and 2 x non illuminated fascia signs
ApprovedAdvertisement consentSDNP/14/02583/ADV - 20147 Feb
Discharge of conditions 2 & 3 relating to planning approval SDNP/13/05770/LIS
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/14/00669/DCOND - 20134 Dec
Removal of three non-original studwork walls to ground floor retail unit
ApprovedListed building consentSDNP/13/05770/LIS
Source: South Downs
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