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16 Fitzjohns Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1PS

SDNP/24/02725/HOUSHouseholderApproved

Approved on 20 August 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Rendering to the front and rear of the existing side extension

Received
4 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
  1. Received4 Jul
  2. Validated17 Jul
  3. Consult.16 Aug
  4. Target11 Sep
  5. Decided20 Aug

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a side extension at 16 Fitzjohns Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1PS. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 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 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 1PS
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 July 2024
Last date for comments
16 August 2024
Target decision date
11 September 2024
Permission expires
20 August 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13203412
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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.

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Source: South Downs

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