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4 Thomas Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2AZ

SDNP/15/00903/PREPre-Application AdviceApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 2 March 2015

Council decision: Pre Application Advice CompleteDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Amendment to previous approval to extend upper extension 500mm.

Received
23 February 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided2 Mar

Decided in 7 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at 4 Thomas Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2AZ. South Downs has handled 1,978 applications of this type. This one was decided in 7 days, 7 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 2AZ
Application type
Pre-Application Advice
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2015
Last date for comments
5 March 2015
Target decision date
23 March 2015
Permission expires
2 March 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
0
Constraints
10

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
  • Brownfield land register: 68-74 , Malling Street, LewesRegister site at or near this address

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

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: South Downs

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