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The Workshop Pipe Passage Lewes East Sussex BN7 1YG

SDNP/16/05786/PREPre-Application AdviceApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 November 2016

Council decision: Pre Application Advice CompleteDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Garden studio

Received
11 November 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
  1. Received11 Nov
  2. Validated11 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Dec
  5. Decided21 Nov

Decided in 10 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at The Workshop Pipe Passage Lewes East Sussex BN7 1YG. South Downs has handled 1,978 applications of this type. This one was decided in 10 days, 7 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 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 1YG
Application type
Pre-Application Advice
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 November 2016
Target decision date
9 December 2016
Permission expires
21 November 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
1
Constraints
8

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: 1,2 and 3, Pipe PassageOn or next to 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.

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

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    14 Jul

    Discharge of conditions 3 (schedule of external materials finishes and samples) and 4 (details of proposed…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/22/03343/DCOND
  2. 2022
    18 Feb

    Garden studio to replace existing shed/workshop

    ApprovedHouseholderSDNP/22/00897/HOUS
  3. 2019
    20 Aug

    Alterations to Bedroom 1 to create washroom facilities and install 2 conservation style roof lights

    ApprovedPre-Application AdviceSDNP/19/04366/PRE
  4. 2018
    27 Sep

    Discharge of Condition 3 relating to Planning Approval Reference SDNP/17/06391/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/18/05479/DCOND
  5. 2017
    20 Oct

    Demolish the existing workshop and replace this with two private workshop buildings

    ApprovedPre-Application AdviceSDNP/17/05433/PRE
  6. 2016
    31 Aug

    1x Cherry - reduce and reshape crown by 20-25%, and prune away from the house1x Cordyline - fell to ground…

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/16/04339/TCA

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