162 High Street Lewes BN7 1XU
Proposal
Internal alterations to create additional bedrooms in maisonette and erection of a shelter for a freezer at the rear yard of the restaurant
- Received
- 5 November 2019
- Decided
- 13 January 2020 · Approved
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Castle Ward
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- ReceivedReceived5 Nov
- ValidatedValidated7 Nov
- Consult.Consultation13 Dec
- TargetTarget Date2 Jan
- DecidedDecided13 Jan
Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application at 162 High Street Lewes BN7 1XU. South Downs has handled 5,096 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 74 days. This one was decided in 69 days, 5 days quicker than South Downs's median. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Lewes Castle Ward. We hold 4,283 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.
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Associated applications
- 20195 Nov
Internal alterations to create additional bedrooms in maisonette and erection of a shelter for a freezer at…
This applicationApprovedFullSDNP/19/05292/FUL - 20195 Nov
Internal alterations to create additional bedrooms in maisonette and erection of a shelter for a freezer at…
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideSDNP/19/05293/LIS
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202322 Dec
Part retrospective application to retain painting of ground floor timber fascia board, door and window frames…
ApprovedListed building consentSDNP/23/05403/LIS - 20223 Nov
Replacement of grey carpet with distressed oak style flooring
ApprovedListed building consentSDNP/22/05124/LIS - 20187 Feb
Installation of new shop front sign
ApprovedAdvertisement consentSDNP/18/00726/ADV
Planning 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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