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Land West of Pipe Passage Lewes East Sussex

SDNP/17/06391/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 March 2018

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing workshop and erection of new single storey artist studio

Received
15 December 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
Agent
BBM Sustainable Design Ltd
  1. Received15 Dec
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target26 Mar
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Land West of Pipe Passage Lewes East Sussex. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 6 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 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 1YG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2018
Last date for comments
27 February 2018
Target decision date
26 March 2018
Permission expires
20 March 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
BBM Sustainable Design Ltd
Agent address
Cooksbridge Station House Cooksbridge BN84SW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06610110
Documents
17
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: Remains of Town WallsOn or next to this site
  • 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.

Source: South Downs

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