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Shelleys Hotel 135 - 136 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1XS

SDNP/14/05988/LISListed BuildingPermitted
Listed building consent

Proposal

Removal of existing boundary wall to front elevation of adjacent car park, construction of new boundary walls incorporating entrance and exit gates

Received
19 November 2014
Decided
30 June 2015 · Approved
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received19 Nov
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.3 Feb
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided30 Jun

Decided in 175 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in South Downs93% of heritage applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is a heritage application at Shelleys Hotel 135 - 136 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1XS. South Downs has handled 1,352 applications of this type and approves 94% of them, typically deciding them in 70 days. This one was decided in 223 days, 22 weeks longer than South Downs's median. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Lewes Castle Ward. We hold 4,283 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
SDNP/14/05988/LIS
Address
Shelleys Hotel 135 - 136 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1XS
Postcode
BN7 1XS
Local Authority
South Downs
Application Type
Listed Building
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Application Determined
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Applicant & Agent

Agent
BPM
Agent Address
33 Stoneleigh Avenue Brighton East Sussex BN1 8NP

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
19 November 2014
Target Decision Date
3 March 2015
Date Decided
30 June 2015
Date Validated
6 January 2015
Date Submitted
19 November 2014
Last Date for Comments
3 February 2015
Permission Expires
30 June 2018

Planning Decision

Decision
Approved
Decided By
LA Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03802242
Documents
19
Constraints
29
Coordinates
50.872448, 0.003975
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: South Downs

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Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Shelley'S Hotel and Railings to SouthOn or next to this site
  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: The Shelleys Hotel, 136 High Street LewesRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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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