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12 St Peters Place Lewes East Sussex BN7 1YP

SDNP/15/03212/HOUSHouseholderApproved

Approved on 12 August 2015

Delegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Dormer window in rear roofslope, rooflight to front roofslope and changes to window openings at rear

Received
27 June 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
Agent
Ben Jones Architects
  1. Received27 Jun
  2. Validated29 Jun
  3. Consult.31 Jul
  4. Target24 Aug
  5. Decided12 Aug

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 12 St Peters Place Lewes East Sussex BN7 1YP. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker 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 4,320 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 1YP
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 June 2015
Last date for comments
31 July 2015
Target decision date
24 August 2015
Permission expires
12 August 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ben Jones Architects
Architect profile
BEN JONES ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
47 Priory St Lewes East Sussex BN7 1HJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04306277
Documents
12
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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Source: South Downs

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