Land At Southdowns Road Lewes East Sussex

SDNP/15/01303/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 9 March 2016

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Construction of 79 residential dwellings (C3) and 2182sqm GIA of commercial (B1) floor-space with associated parking, landscaping and open spaces.

Received: 16 March 2015
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: South Downs
Ward: Lewes Bridge Ward
Agent: ECE Architecture Limited

ReceivedReceived16 Mar
ValidatedValidated16 Mar
Consult.Consultation24 Jul
TargetTarget Date15 Jun
DecidedDecided9 Mar

Decided in 359 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land At Southdowns Road Lewes East Sussex. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 359 days, 43 weeks longer 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.

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

Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 79
Parish: Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 March 2015
Last date for comments: 24 July 2015
Target decision date: 15 June 2015
Permission expires: 9 March 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent: ECE Architecture Limited
Architect profile: ECE ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address: Brooklyn Chambers 11 Goring Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 4AP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-04037778
Documents: 159
Constraints: 16

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)Part of the site
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.

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