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134 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1XS

SDNP/15/05304/HOUSHouseholderApproved

Approved on 22 January 2016

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of a garden studio

Received
20 October 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
Agent
Studio Hardie
  1. Received20 Oct
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.13 Jan
  4. Target3 Feb
  5. Decided22 Jan

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 134 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1XS. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 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 2 other applications 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 1XS
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2015
Last date for comments
13 January 2016
Target decision date
3 February 2016
Decision issued
25 January 2016
Permission expires
25 January 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Studio Hardie
Agent address
Studio Hardie Unit 9 Phoenix Place Lewes East Sussex BN72QJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04574398
Documents
13
Constraints
18

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: 134, High StreetOn this site · +4 more
  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: The Shelleys Hotel, 136 High Street LewesRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (18)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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