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50 Spences Lane Lewes East Sussex BN7 2HE

SDNP/14/05364/LDPLawful Development Cert (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 November 2014

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Convert garage to residential, enlarged opening to rear elevation

Received
17 October 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
Agent
Sussex Building Surveyors Ltd
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.21 Nov
  4. Target15 Dec
  5. Decided24 Nov

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at 50 Spences Lane Lewes East Sussex BN7 2HE. South Downs has handled 1,978 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across Lewes Bridge Ward. We hold 4,320 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.

87% of outline 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 2HE
Application type
Lawful Development Cert (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2014
Last date for comments
21 November 2014
Target decision date
15 December 2014
Decision issued
1 December 2014
Permission expires
1 December 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sussex Building Surveyors Ltd
Agent address
20 St Andrews Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 1HN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03737166
Documents
10
Constraints
6

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)
  • 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.

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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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