20 - 21 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2LN
Proposal
Change of use to the first floor from B1 to C3 to create 1 x two bedroom flat and 2 x one bedroom flats
- Received
- 20 December 2018
- Decided
- 8 March 2019 · Prior Approval Granted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Bridge Ward
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- ReceivedSubmitted20 Dec
- ValidatedValidated14 Jan
- Consult.Consultation12 Feb
- TargetTarget Date11 Mar
- DecidedDecided8 Mar
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
This is an outline application for a change of use at 20 - 21 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2LN. South Downs has handled 1,969 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 31 days. This one was decided in 78 days, 7 weeks longer than South Downs's median. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Lewes Bridge Ward. We hold 4,278 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202621 Sep
1x non-internally illuminated fascia sign and 1x non-internally illuminated projecting sign.
PendingApplicationSDNP/26/03635/FUL - 202621 Sep
1x non-internally illuminated fascia sign and 1x non-internally illuminated projecting sign
PendingAdvertisement consentSDNP/26/03636/ADV - 20262 Mar
Partial change of use of ground floor from Class E to form 2no. residential units
ApprovedFull ApplicationSDNP/26/00809/FUL - 201925 Jun
Fascia sign and hanging sign
ApprovedAdvertisement consentSDNP/19/03044/ADV - 201820 Jun
Discharge of Condition 15 relating to Planning Approval SDNP/13/01188/FUL
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/18/03294/DCOND
Planning 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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