82 High Street Lewes BN7 1XN

SDNP/16/05882/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 10 February 2017

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use from A2 (bank/professional services) to C3 (residential) on first and second floors, change of use from A2 (bank/professional services) to A3 (restaurant) on basement and ground floors, minor internal alterations to listed structure on ground/basement along with additional extract and soil pipe to first floor flat roof

Received: 24 November 2016
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Downs
Ward: Lewes Priory Ward
Agent: Landivar Architects Limited

ReceivedReceived24 Nov
ValidatedValidated1 Dec
Consult.Consultation7 Mar
TargetTarget Date26 Jan
DecidedDecided10 Feb

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 82 High Street Lewes BN7 1XN. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 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 19 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 1XN
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 December 2016
Last date for comments: 7 March 2017
Target decision date: 26 January 2017
Permission expires: 10 February 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent: Landivar Architects Limited
Architect profile: LANDIVAR ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address: Former Ironworks Cheapside Brighton BN1 4GD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-05652157
Documents: 26
Constraints: 7

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*: St Swithun HouseOn this site · +6 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.

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