52 Southover High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1JA
Refused on 7 October 2020
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of storage building to create dwellinghouse with off road parking
- Received
- 9 June 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Priory Ward
- Agent
- Pump House Designs
- ReceivedReceived9 Jun
- ValidatedValidated24 Jun
- Consult.Consultation3 Aug
- TargetTarget Date19 Aug
- DecidedDecided7 Oct
Decided in 105 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at 52 Southover High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1JA. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 9 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. 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 69 applications across Lewes Priory Ward. We hold 4,321 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 1JA
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 June 2020
- Last date for comments
- 3 August 2020
- Target decision date
- 19 August 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Pump House Designs
- Architect profile
- PUMP HOUSE DESIGNS LIMITED
- Agent address
- Pump House Yard The Green Sedlescombe Battle TN33 0QA United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-08780749
- Documents
- 56
- Constraints
- 29
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Lewes
- National park: South Downs
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.
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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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20259 Sep
Change of use of existing museum store building (Use Class F1(c) to a music/creative arts studio (use class E…
ApprovedFull ApplicationSDNP/25/03646/FUL - 202031 Jan
Conversion of existing office/storage building into a three bedroom house in rear garden
WithdrawnPre-Application AdviceSDNP/20/00573/PRE - 20148 Jan
Discharge of conditions 2 & 3 relating to Listed Building consent SDNP/13/01756/LIS
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/14/00161/DCOND - 201312 Dec
Discharge of conditions 3, 4 & 5 relating to Listed Building Consent SDNP/13/01756/LIS
PendingDischarge of conditionsSDNP/13/06004/DCOND
Source: South Downs
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