2 South Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2BP
Proposal
Change of use from D1 (Non-residential institutions) to a mixed use of A3 (Restaurants and Cafés) and D1 (Non-residential institutions)
- Received
- 9 January 2019
- Decided
- 25 April 2019 · Approved
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Bridge Ward
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- ReceivedSubmitted9 Jan
- ValidatedValidated24 Jan
- Consult.Consultation21 Feb
- TargetTarget Date21 Mar
- DecidedDecided25 Apr
Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2 South Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2BP. South Downs has handled 5,088 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 74 days. This one was decided in 106 days, 5 weeks longer than South Downs's median. 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 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
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
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- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Lewes
- National park: South Downs
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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