Lewes House Site Friars Walk Lewes East Sussex
Proposal
Construction of emergency exit ramp to rear of library
- Received
- 4 February 2020
- Decided
- 17 December 2020 · Approved
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Bridge Ward
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- ReceivedSubmitted4 Feb
- ValidatedValidated14 Jul
- Consult.Consultation8 Dec
- TargetTarget Date8 Sep
- DecidedDecided17 Dec
Decided in 156 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application at Lewes House Site Friars Walk Lewes East Sussex. South Downs has handled 5,088 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 74 days. This one was decided in 317 days, 35 weeks longer than South Downs's median. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Lewes Bridge Ward.
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Planning history at this site
7 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202425 Nov
T1 - Goat Willow - reduce and reshape by 3 metres T3 - Goat Willow - reduce and reshape by 2 metres T4 - Goat…
ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/24/04893/TCA - 20195 Apr
Removal of condition 17 of application SDNP/14/01199/FUL
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/19/01721/CND - 201919 Mar
Discharge of condition 24 (proposed signs) of application SDNP/14/01199/FUL
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/19/01326/DCOND - 201518 Mar
Variation of condition 17 relating to planning approval SDNP/14/01199/FUL
WithdrawnDischarge of conditionsSDNP/15/01382/CND - 20142 Jun
Removal of modern stud and plasterboard partition to second floor
ApprovedListed building consentSDNP/14/02764/LIS - 20147 Mar
Redevelopment to provide 25 residential units and associated open space, car parking, access and landscaping
ApprovedFull ApplicationSDNP/14/01199/FUL - 200928 Sep
Discharge of conditions 5 & 6 relating to listed building consent LW/07/1257
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsLW/09/1033/CD
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 (20)
flood storage 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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