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62 Southover High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1JA

SDNP/20/04129/PREPre-Application AdviceWithdrawn
Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 17 May 2021

Council decision: Pre-app closed - application receivedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Provision of PV panels

Received
4 September 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
  1. Received4 Sep
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Oct
  5. Decided17 May

Decided in 255 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 62 Southover High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1JA. South Downs has handled 1,978 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 255 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 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.

87% of outline 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
Pre-Application Advice
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 September 2020
Target decision date
2 October 2020
Permission expires
17 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
34

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • Listed building: Grade II: Yew Tree CottageOn this site · +5 more
  • 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

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    12 Nov

    Installation of PV panels behind parapet wall of cottage and to flat roof of modern rear of property

    ApprovedListed building consentSDNP/20/05013/LIS
  2. 2020
    12 Nov

    Installation of PV panels behind parapet wall of cottage and to flat roof of modern rear of property

    ApprovedHouseholderSDNP/20/05012/HOUS
  3. 2018
    30 Oct

    Discharge of 8 of application SDNP/15/05103/HOUS

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/18/05596/DCOND
  4. 2015
    24 Oct

    The works to include the transformation of two unused sheds into a garden room.

    ApprovedListed building consentSDNP/15/05378/LIS
  5. 2015
    24 Oct

    The works to include the transformation of two unused sheds into a garden room.

    ApprovedHouseholderSDNP/15/05377/HOUS
  6. 2015
    7 Oct

    Demolition of rear additions, creation of a replacement structure to the rear connected to the retained…

    ApprovedListed building consentSDNP/15/05104/LIS

Source: South Downs

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