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37 Fitzjohns Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1PP

SDNP/15/00958/HOUSHouseholderApproved

Approved on 20 April 2015

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Single storey side and rear extension incorporating room in the roof with new dormer window to rear elevation

Received
26 February 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
  1. Received26 Feb
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target23 Apr
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 37 Fitzjohns Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1PP. 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. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Lewes Castle 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 1PP
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 February 2015
Last date for comments
1 April 2015
Target decision date
23 April 2015
Permission expires
20 April 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
EDWS
Architect profile
EDWS ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
8 Inwood Crescent East Sussex BN1 5AQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04009733
Documents
16
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2010
    9 Aug

    Erection of a single storey extension at rear

    ApprovedPlanning ApplicationLW/10/1001/NP

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