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Sussex Police Hq Malling House Church Lane South Malling Lewes East Sussex BN7 2DZ

SDNP/21/01789/TELTelecommunications NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 14 April 2021

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The addition of 1No transmission dish to be bracketed onto the existing tower at a height of 58m AGL

Received
18 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
  1. Received18 Mar
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.27 Apr
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided14 Apr

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Sussex Police Hq Malling House Church Lane South Malling Lewes East Sussex BN7 2DZ. South Downs has handled 187 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Lewes Bridge Ward. We hold 4,320 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.

96% of telecoms 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 2DZ
Application type
Telecommunications Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2021
Last date for comments
27 April 2021
Target decision date
15 April 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Clarke Telecom
Agent address
Unit E Madison Place Northampton Road Manchester M40 5AG

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
32

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
  • Listed building: Grade II: Former Stables to Malling HouseOn this site
  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: Queens Road Garage Site, Queens Road, Lewes BN7 2JGRegister site at or near this address

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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.

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

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    21 Jul

    Proposed external repairs to stabilise masonry structure

    PendingApplicationSDNP/26/02502/LIS
  2. 2026
    9 Mar

    Discharge of conditions 3 (brick details) and 4 (details of existing and proposed mix) related to Planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/26/00982/DCOND
  3. 2025
    20 Jun

    External and internal repairs to the Knepp Building including replacement of bricks, repointing of brickwork…

    ApprovedListed building consentSDNP/25/02553/LIS
  4. 2020
    17 Apr

    T1 - Beech - Crown lift to a height of 3m, this will only involve the pruning of two low branches one on E…

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderSDNP/20/01545/TPO
  5. 2018
    6 Nov

    Prior approval for the installation of solar PV

    RefusedPrior Approval PV Equip on Non-DomesticSDNP/18/05949/PA14J

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