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56 High Street Lewes BN7 1XE

SDNP/19/04148/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 November 2019

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use to First and Second Floor from Financial and professional services (A2) to Residential (C3), internal and external alterations

Received
27 August 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
Agent
Liam Russell Architects Ltd
  1. Received27 Aug
  2. Validated6 Sep
  3. Consult.11 Oct
  4. Target1 Nov
  5. Decided14 Nov

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 56 High Street Lewes BN7 1XE. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 3 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. 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 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 1XE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 September 2019
Last date for comments
11 October 2019
Target decision date
1 November 2019
Permission expires
14 November 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Liam Russell Architects Ltd
Agent address
24 Windlesham Road Brighton BN1 3AG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08102301
Documents
17
Constraints
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • Listed building: Grade II: The White Hart HotelOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: White Hart Hotel, 55 High Street, Lewes, BN7 1XERegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (18)

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 and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: South Downs

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