119 High Street Lewes BN7 1XJ
Approved on 18 October 2017
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Alterations to existing rear extension
- Received
- 20 August 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Priory Ward
- Agent
- Ben Jones Architects
- ReceivedReceived20 Aug
- ValidatedValidated1 Sep
- Consult.Consultation29 Sep
- TargetTarget Date27 Oct
- DecidedDecided18 Oct
Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application for a rear extension at 119 High Street Lewes BN7 1XJ. South Downs has handled 1,352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days 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 69 applications across Lewes Priory Ward. We hold 4,320 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.
93% of heritage 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 1XJ
- Application type
- Listed Building
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 September 2017
- Last date for comments
- 29 September 2017
- Target decision date
- 27 October 2017
- Permission expires
- 18 October 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Ben Jones Architects
- Architect profile
- BEN JONES ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 47 Priory St Lewes BN7 1HJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-06323930
- Documents
- 16
- Constraints
- 23
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (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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Associated applications
- 201720 Aug
Alterations to existing rear extension
ApprovedHouseholderFiled alongsideSDNP/17/04297/HOUS - 201720 Aug
Alterations to existing rear extension
This applicationApprovedHeritageSDNP/17/04298/LIS
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202212 Jul
Discharge of Conditions 7 (details of repairs and structural works) and 9 (details of hard and soft…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/22/03275/DCOND - 201530 Sep
Alterations to existing extension and internal alterations
ApprovedListed building consentSDNP/15/04955/LIS - 201530 Sep
Alterations to existing extension and internal alterations
ApprovedHouseholderSDNP/15/04954/HOUS - 20154 Aug
Maintenance works and internal /external alterations
ApprovedListed building consentSDNP/15/03881/LIS
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