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St Michaels Church Church Lane South Malling Lewes East Sussex

SDNP/15/03989/PREPre-Application AdviceApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 6 December 2016

Council decision: Pre Application Advice CompleteDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

new gutters to lower pitched roofs.

Received
21 July 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
Agent
Paramount Architecture
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated28 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Aug
  5. Decided6 Dec

Decided in 497 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at St Michaels Church Church Lane South Malling Lewes East Sussex. South Downs has handled 1,978 applications of this type. This one was decided in 504 days, 64 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes (Malling Deanery) conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across Lewes Bridge Ward. We hold 4,320 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 2JA
Application type
Pre-Application Advice
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 July 2015
Target decision date
25 August 2015
Permission expires
6 December 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Paramount Architecture
Architect profile
PARAMOUNT ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
34 Summerdown Road Eastbourne BN20 8DR

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
0
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Lewes (Malling Deanery)
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Malling DeaneryOn or next to this site
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: South Downs

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