179 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1YE
Approved on 3 December 2024
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Remove the existing rear roof terrace timber balustrading and lightwells, installation of new powder coated aluminium balustrading, Installation of new rear bollards, replacement rear decking
- Received
- 4 October 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Castle Ward
- Agent
- Mackellar Schwerdt Architects
- ReceivedReceived4 Oct
- ValidatedValidated11 Oct
- Consult.Consultation15 Nov
- TargetTarget Date6 Dec
- DecidedDecided3 Dec
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 179 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1YE. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Lewes Castle 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 1YE
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 October 2024
- Last date for comments
- 15 November 2024
- Target decision date
- 6 December 2024
- Permission expires
- 3 December 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mackellar Schwerdt Architects
- Agent address
- Lyell House Davey's Ln Lewes BN7 2BQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13457056
- Documents
- 19
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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Associated applications
- 202620 Mar
Discharge of Condition 5 (details of bollard lights) related to Planning Approval SDNP/24/04094/FUL
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/26/01128/DCOND - 202522 Jul
Variation of Condition 2 (plans) related to Planning Approval SDNP/24/04094/FUL
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/25/03010/CND - 20244 Oct
Remove the existing rear roof terrace timber balustrading and lightwells, installation of new powder coated…
This applicationApprovedFullSDNP/24/04094/FUL
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202417 Jun
Remove the existing rear roof terrace timber balustrading and lightwells, Partial removal of parapet wall…
RefusedFull ApplicationSDNP/24/02457/FUL - 200910 Aug
Section 73A retrospective application to paint ground floor front elevation in 'Georgian 12' and windows/door…
ApprovedPlanning ApplicationLW/09/0855 - 200917 Jul
Painting of external walls maroon colour at ground floor
RefusedPlanning ApplicationLW/09/0768
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