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Pipe Studios Pipe Passage Lewes East Sussex BN7 1YG

SDNP/20/04711/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 19 January 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Section 73A Retrospective application for private artist studio at Pipe Studios, Pipe Passage with repairs and flashing works to adjacent walls, including the listed Town Wall

Received
27 October 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
Agent
BBM Sustainable Design Ltd
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.1 Dec
  4. Target22 Dec
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Pipe Studios Pipe Passage Lewes East Sussex BN7 1YG. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer 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 54 applications across Lewes Castle 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 1YG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2020
Last date for comments
1 December 2020
Target decision date
22 December 2020
Permission expires
19 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
BBM Sustainable Design Ltd
Agent address
Cooksbridge Station House Cooksbridge BN8 4SW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09092414
Documents
20
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • Listed building: Grade II: Remains of Town WallsOn or next to this site
  • 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: South Downs

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