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Flat 3 39-40 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2LU

SDNP/24/01742/LISListed BuildingApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 23 July 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Internal alterations to layout

Received
29 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
Agent
FAB Architects Ltd
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated3 May
  3. Consult.4 Jul
  4. Target28 Jun
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 81 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Flat 3 39-40 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2LU. South Downs has handled 1,352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across Lewes Bridge Ward. We hold 4,320 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.

93% of heritage 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 2LU
Application type
Listed Building
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 May 2024
Last date for comments
4 July 2024
Target decision date
28 June 2024
Permission expires
23 July 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
FAB Architects Ltd
Architect profile
FAB ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
2 Station Street Lewes BN7 2DA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13013074
Documents
23

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: 39 and 40, High StreetOn this site · +8 more
  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: 191 High Street, LewesRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (18)

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 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.

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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: 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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