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7 The Avenue Lewes East Sussex BN7 1QS

SDNP/15/05554/PREPre-Application AdviceApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 11 January 2016

Council decision: Pre Application Advice CompleteDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

demolition of garage and rebuild retaining wall.

Received
2 November 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
  1. Received2 Nov
  2. Validated3 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Dec
  5. Decided11 Jan

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at 7 The Avenue Lewes East Sussex BN7 1QS. South Downs has handled 1,978 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Lewes Castle Ward. We hold 4,321 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 1QS
Application type
Pre-Application Advice
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 November 2015
Target decision date
1 December 2015
Permission expires
11 January 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
1
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
  • 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.

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.

Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    11 Aug

    T1 Ash - reduce radial crown spread by approx 5 metres back to suitable growth

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/25/03262/TCA
  2. 2025
    5 Feb

    Replacement of 13no windows to front elevation from single glazed sashes to double glazed sashes

    ApprovedHouseholderSDNP/25/00478/HOUS
  3. 2024
    3 Sep

    Erection of Victorian style aluminium greenhouse

    ApprovedHouseholderSDNP/24/03625/HOUS
  4. 2024
    19 Jul

    T1 - T4 - Lime trees - reduce in height by approx 2 metres T5 - Sycamore - re-pollard (works carried out…

    ConditionsTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/24/02925/TCA
  5. 2017
    20 Sep

    1 x Sycamore (numbered 1 on plan), 1 x Elder (numbered 2 on plan), 4 x Lime (numbered 13, 14, 15 & 16 on…

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/17/04850/TCA
  6. 2016
    14 Jul

    1x Ash (22 on plan) - remove diagonal limb back to distal to original pruining points. Shorten side branch.

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/16/03580/TCA

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