5 Priory Street Lewes BN7 1HH
Approved on 5 November 2018
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
First floor bedroom extension over existing ground floor extension, loft conversion including dormer window at rear and rooflight at front and infill extension at ground floor at rear
- Received
- 18 September 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Priory Ward
- Agent
- Nicola Furner Architects
- ReceivedReceived18 Sep
- ValidatedValidated18 Sep
- Consult.Consultation23 Oct
- TargetTarget Date13 Nov
- DecidedDecided5 Nov
Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 5 Priory Street Lewes BN7 1HH. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Lewes Priory Ward. We hold 4,323 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 1HH
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 September 2018
- Last date for comments
- 23 October 2018
- Target decision date
- 13 November 2018
- Permission expires
- 5 November 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Nicola Furner Architects
- Architect profile
- NICOLA FURNER ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 5 Manor Terrace Potters Lane Lewes BN7 1JR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-07290604
- Documents
- 16
- Constraints
- 19
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 (20)
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Associated applications
- 202027 May
Discharge of condition 3 (rooflight) relating to planning approval SDNP/18/04878/HOUS
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/20/02045/DCOND - 201818 Sep
First floor bedroom extension over existing ground floor extension, loft conversion including dormer window…
This applicationApprovedFullSDNP/18/04878/HOUS
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