51 New Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1YW
Approved on 5 September 2022
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Replacement lean to garden room to the rear and replacement of existing shed with linear storage
- Received
- 21 July 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Castle Ward
- Agent
- Meloy Architecture and Design Ltd
- ReceivedReceived21 Jul
- ValidatedValidated21 Jul
- Consult.Consultation9 Sep
- TargetTarget Date15 Sep
- DecidedDecided5 Sep
Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 51 New Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1YW. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Lewes Castle 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 1YW
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 July 2022
- Last date for comments
- 9 September 2022
- Target decision date
- 15 September 2022
- Decision issued
- 12 September 2022
- Permission expires
- 12 September 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Meloy Architecture and Design Ltd
- Architect profile
- MELOY ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN LTD
- Agent address
- Hill House Juggs Road Lewes BN7 3PP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11413573
- Documents
- 12
- Constraints
- 22
Site constraints
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 (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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: South Downs
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