Garden Street Auction Rooms Garden Street Lewes BN7 1TJ
Refused on 18 March 2020
Planning committee
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Proposal
Redevelopment of 'former auction rooms' into ten residential units comprising two no. two-bed split-level apartments, four no. three-bedroom houses and four no. four-bedroom houses
- Received
- 23 October 2018
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Priory Ward
- Agent
- Liam Russell Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived23 Oct
- ValidatedValidated13 Dec
- Consult.Consultation31 Jan
- TargetTarget Date14 Mar
- DecidedDecided18 Mar
Decided in 461 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Garden Street Auction Rooms Garden Street Lewes BN7 1TJ. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 512 days, 65 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
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 1TJ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 December 2018
- Last date for comments
- 31 January 2020
- Target decision date
- 14 March 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Liam Russell Architects Ltd
- Agent address
- 24 Windlesham Road Brighton BN1 3AG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Appeal
- Appeal status
- Appeal determined
- Appeal result
- Appeal Allowed
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-07324116
- Documents
- 205
- Constraints
- 19
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Lewes
- National park: South Downs
- Brownfield land register: Auction Rooms, Garden Street Lewes BN7 1TJRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: South Downs
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