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The Old Bottling Works Castle Precincts Lewes East Sussex BN7 1YT

SDNP/15/03159/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 September 2015

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of part of the building from B1 (manufacture of foodstuffs) to C3 (holiday accommodation)

Received
24 June 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
Agent
Mike Hill Architectural Services Ltd
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated24 Jun
  3. Consult.28 Jul
  4. Target19 Aug
  5. Decided14 Sep

Decided in 82 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Old Bottling Works Castle Precincts Lewes East Sussex BN7 1YT. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 4 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Lewes Castle Ward. We hold 4,321 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 1YT
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 June 2015
Last date for comments
28 July 2015
Target decision date
19 August 2015
Decision issued
16 September 2015
Permission expires
16 September 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mike Hill Architectural Services Ltd
Architect profile
MIKE HILL ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LIMITED
Agent address
Croom Cottage London Road East Hoathly Lewes East Sussex BN8 6EL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04295126
Documents
19
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • Listed building: Grade II: Beard'S Brewery StoreOn this site · +4 more
  • 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 (19)

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, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2015
    14 Oct

    Discharge of conditions 3, 4 & 5 attached to Planning Approval SDNP/15/03159/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/15/05202/DCOND
  2. 2015
    24 Jun

    Conversion of part of the building from B1 (manufacture of foodstuffs) to C3 (holiday accommodation)

    This applicationApprovedFullSDNP/15/03159/FUL

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