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57 Highdown Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1QE

SDNP/23/00328/HOUSHouseholderApproved

Approved on 15 March 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of two-storey side extension, single-storey rear extension, porch to front elevation, associated demolition of existing garage, porch, and conservatory, and installation of solar PV panels to front roof

Received
25 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
  1. Received25 Jan
  2. Validated31 Jan
  3. Consult.9 Mar
  4. Target28 Mar
  5. Decided15 Mar

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 57 Highdown Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1QE. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. 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 1QE
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 January 2023
Last date for comments
9 March 2023
Target decision date
28 March 2023
Permission expires
15 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Chalk Studios Lewes
Agent address
112 Malling Street Lewes BN7 2RG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11874539
Documents
23
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Registered battlefield: Battle of Lewes 1264Next to the 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, 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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© 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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