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1 De Montfort Terrace De Montfort Road Lewes BN7 1RX

SDNP/20/05147/HOUSHouseholderApproved

Approved on 4 March 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of rear and side single-storey infill extension

Received
18 November 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
Agent
Ben Jones Architects
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.29 Dec
  4. Target13 Jan
  5. Decided4 Mar

Decided in 106 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 1 De Montfort Terrace De Montfort Road Lewes BN7 1RX. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 7 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Lewes Priory Ward. We hold 4,320 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 1RX
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2020
Last date for comments
29 December 2020
Target decision date
13 January 2021
Permission expires
4 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ben Jones Architects
Architect profile
BEN JONES ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
47 Priory Street LEWES BN7 1HJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09225750
Documents
13
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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

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© 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.

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Source: South Downs

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