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77 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1XN

SDNP/24/00166/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 1 March 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

External works to include: fascia sign on frontage and metal scissor sign to be fixed to existing windboard bracket; replace window on the south elevation with timber sash window; repoint eastern wall of 1970s toilet block and then clad in hanging slate tiles; repair existing asphalt roof covering to protect new slate tiles; remove vent on west elevation and replace with timber sash window; block up redundant doorway to external courtyard. Internal works to include: replace and relocate staircases between basement and upper ground floors with bespoke timber curved staircases, block up previous 1970s staircase opening and insert timber trapdoor and repair and extend timber flooring to match existing on ground floor; remove existing boiler and install new electric heating panels; compartmentation of ceiling between basement and fire escape corridor. Retrospective permission for the removal of 1970s dumb waiter housing between basement and upper ground floor, tanking of the basement and alterations to toilet block.

Received
15 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
Agent
SC Planning
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.20 Feb
  4. Target11 Mar
  5. Decided1 Mar

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for signage at 77 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1XN. 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 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Lewes Priory 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 1XN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2024
Last date for comments
20 February 2024
Target decision date
11 March 2024
Permission expires
1 March 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
SC Planning
Agent address
2 Washere Close Berwick BN26 6TB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12720969
Documents
35
Constraints
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • Listed building: Grade II: 79, High StreetOn or next to this site · +6 more
  • 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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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    15 Jan

    External works to include: fascia sign on frontage and metal scissor sign to be fixed to existing windboard…

    This applicationApprovedFullSDNP/24/00166/FUL
  2. 2024
    15 Jan

    External works to include: fascia sign on frontage and metal scissor sign to be fixed to existing windboard…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideSDNP/24/00167/LIS

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