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4 St James Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1HR

SDNP/15/04929/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 30 November 2015

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing extension on the west end of the house and replace with a single storey extension and internal alterations

Received
17 September 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
  1. Received17 Sep
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.11 Nov
  4. Target1 Dec
  5. Decided30 Nov

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 4 St James Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1HR. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Lewes Priory 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 1HR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2015
Last date for comments
11 November 2015
Target decision date
1 December 2015
Permission expires
30 November 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
16
Constraints
19

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: 4, St James StreetOn this site · +1 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
    17 Sep

    Demolition of existing extension on the west end of the house and replace with a single storey extension and…

    This applicationApprovedFullSDNP/15/04929/FUL
  2. 2015
    17 Sep

    Demolition of 1950's extension on the west end of the house and replace with a single storey extension and…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideSDNP/15/04930/LIS

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