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40 Gundreda Road Lewes BN7 1PX

SDNP/19/04263/HOUSHouseholderApproved

Approved on 14 November 2019

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed dormer to rear roofslope with Juliette balcony and rooflights to front, rear and north east side roofslopes

Received
2 September 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
Agent
Ben Jones Architects
  1. Received2 Sep
  2. Validated2 Sep
  3. Consult.4 Oct
  4. Target28 Oct
  5. Decided14 Nov

Decided in 73 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 40 Gundreda Road Lewes BN7 1PX. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Lewes Castle 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 1PX
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 September 2019
Last date for comments
4 October 2019
Target decision date
28 October 2019
Permission expires
14 November 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ben Jones Architects
Architect profile
BEN JONES ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Ben Jones Architects 47 Priory Street LEWES BN7 1HJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08118030
Documents
20
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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.

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

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

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Source: South Downs

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