31 Western Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1RL

SDNP/15/04220/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 14 October 2015

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from sui generis (paint your own pottery cafe) to A1 (retail)

Received: 20 August 2015
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Downs
Ward: Lewes Priory Ward

ReceivedReceived20 Aug
ValidatedValidated21 Aug
Consult.Consultation13 Oct
TargetTarget Date16 Oct
DecidedDecided14 Oct

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 31 Western Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1RL. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Lewes Priory 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 1RL
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 August 2015
Last date for comments: 13 October 2015
Target decision date: 16 October 2015
Permission expires: 14 October 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent: Oakley
Agent address: 23 & 24 Marlborough Place Brighton East Sussex BN1 1UB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-04404351
Documents: 6
Constraints: 17

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
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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© 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.

Source: South Downs

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