Malling House, Sussex Police Hq Church Lane South Malling Lewes BN7 2DZ
Approved on 27 March 2019
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of 109.45kWp solar PV array and flat roof mounting system on the Amberley Block, and Gymnasium (Please refer to HQ site Plan).Solar PV modules will be sited more than 1m from edges of the roof, and will site less than 0.5m above the line of the roof.No new site layout or access is required.
- Received
- 15 February 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Bridge Ward
- ReceivedReceived15 Feb
- ValidatedValidated15 Feb
- Consult.Consultation1 Apr
- TargetTarget Date12 Apr
- DecidedDecided27 Mar
Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Malling House, Sussex Police Hq Church Lane South Malling Lewes BN7 2DZ. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Lewes Bridge 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 2DZ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 February 2019
- Last date for comments
- 1 April 2019
- Target decision date
- 12 April 2019
- Permission expires
- 27 March 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Joju Solar
- Agent address
- 39-41 North Road London N7 9DP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-07628247
- Documents
- 16
- Constraints
- 26
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- National park: South Downs
Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, conservation 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: South Downs
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