39-40 High Street Lewes BN7 2LU
Approved on 4 December 2020
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Remedial work due to flood damage
- Received
- 15 October 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Bridge Ward
- Agent
- HAPA Architects
- ReceivedReceived15 Oct
- ValidatedValidated15 Oct
- Consult.Consultation2 Dec
- TargetTarget Date10 Dec
- DecidedDecided4 Dec
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at 39-40 High Street Lewes BN7 2LU. South Downs has handled 1,352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across Lewes Bridge Ward. We hold 4,320 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.
93% of heritage 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 2LU
- Application type
- Listed Building
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 October 2020
- Last date for comments
- 2 December 2020
- Target decision date
- 10 December 2020
- Permission expires
- 4 December 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- HAPA Architects
- Architect profile
- HAPA ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 11 Old Steine Brighton BN1 1EJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-09157369
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Lewes
- National park: South Downs
- Brownfield land register: 191 High Street, LewesRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (18)
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 and heritage coasts.
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
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202425 Oct
Discharge of Condition 3 (sample panel photo of new render) related to Planning Approval SDNP/24/02425/LIS
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/24/04618/DCOND - 202413 Jun
Re-rendering of the facade utilising a hydraulic lime render and repainting of render in a limewash or matt…
ApprovedListed building consentSDNP/24/02425/LIS - 200227 Sep
Listed Building application for conversion of rear first floor offices to flat
ApprovedListed building consentLW/02/1930 - 200227 Sep
Change of use and conversion of first floor offices to flat
ApprovedPlanning ApplicationLW/02/1929 - 200227 Jun
Change of use and conversion of rear first floor from offices into a studio flat
WithdrawnPlanning ApplicationLW/02/1299
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