The Black Horse Inn 55 Western Road Lewes BN7 1RS
Approved on 7 October 2019
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of replacement illuminated and non illuminated signs
- Received
- 6 August 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Priory Ward
- ReceivedReceived6 Aug
- ValidatedValidated13 Aug
- Consult.Consultation16 Sep
- TargetTarget Date8 Oct
- DecidedDecided7 Oct
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at The Black Horse Inn 55 Western Road Lewes BN7 1RS. South Downs has handled 133 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.
83% of advertising 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 1RS
- Application type
- Application to Display Adverts
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 August 2019
- Last date for comments
- 16 September 2019
- Target decision date
- 8 October 2019
- Permission expires
- 7 October 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Ashleigh Signs
- Agent address
- Ashleigh House Beckbridge Road Normanton WF6 1TE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-08059486
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 20
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 (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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Associated applications
- 20197 Aug
Installation of replacement illuminated and non illuminated signs and repainting of the existing render…
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideSDNP/19/03807/LIS - 20196 Aug
Installation of replacement illuminated and non illuminated signs
This applicationApprovedAdvertisement consentSDNP/19/03802/ADV
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