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Cottage 2 135 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1XS

SDNP/15/06426/HOUSHouseholderApproved

Approved on 11 March 2016

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Internal and external alterations to refurbish the house and erection of a single storey rear extension to replace recently demolished rear outbuilding

Received
22 December 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.19 Feb
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 80 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at Cottage 2 135 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1XS. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 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 has been 1 other application 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
22 December 2015
Last date for comments
19 February 2016
Target decision date
16 February 2016
Permission expires
11 March 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04568089
Documents
19
Constraints
18

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
  • Listed building: Grade II: 134, High StreetOn or next to this site · +1 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.

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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