4 The Avenue Lewes East Sussex BN7 1QS
Approved on 15 April 2015
Council decision: Pre Application Advice CompleteDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
-single storey and first floor rear extension -single storey and first floor front extension
- Received
- 25 March 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Castle Ward
- ReceivedReceived25 Mar
- ValidatedValidated25 Mar
- Consult.Consultation3 Apr
- TargetTarget Date22 Apr
- DecidedDecided15 Apr
Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a rear extension at 4 The Avenue Lewes East Sussex BN7 1QS. South Downs has handled 1,978 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 5 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Lewes Castle Ward. We hold 4,321 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 1QS
- Application type
- Pre-Application Advice
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 March 2015
- Last date for comments
- 3 April 2015
- Target decision date
- 22 April 2015
- Permission expires
- 15 April 2020
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 1
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Lewes
- 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 (20)
flood storage 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
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202618 Feb
T1) Holly (front) existing diameter circa 4m; trim by 0.5m to leave a diameter of circa 3m. G2 & G3) Group…
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderSDNP/26/00650/TPO - 202114 Sep
T1 - Holly - Reshape by reducing volume by 10% (maintain the crown lift of 2.5m)G1- Yew Group - Reshape by…
PendingTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/21/04684/TCA - 201915 Jan
Works to Holly, Yew and Yew Group (TPO No.33) as per attached Schedule of works
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderSDNP/19/00303/TPO - 201516 Dec
Discharge of condition 3 attached to planning approval SDNP/15/01808/HOUS
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/15/06340/DCOND - 201510 Nov
G1 Yew Group - prune back to the boundary. Crown lift over garage to provide clearance.G2 Yew and Holly…
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderSDNP/15/05684/TPO - 201514 Apr
Erection of front and rear extension at ground and first floor level
ApprovedHouseholderSDNP/15/01808/HOUS
Source: South Downs
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