81 Highdown Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1QF
Approved on 7 March 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Variation of condition (PLANS LIST) to Planning Approval SDNP/23/00467/HOUS - Alteration to line of front wall of side extension and addition of rear facing window; repositioning of side-facing window to rear extension; and alterations to side elevation/boundary wall of rear extension (Amended Plans).
- Received
- 20 November 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Priory Ward
- Agent
- Ben Jones Architects
- ReceivedReceived20 Nov
- ValidatedValidated20 Nov
- Consult.Consultation27 Jan
- TargetTarget Date15 Jan
- DecidedDecided7 Mar
Decided in 107 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at 81 Highdown Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1QF. South Downs has handled 2,087 applications of this type. This one was decided in 107 days, 7 weeks longer 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.
95% of conditions 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 1QF
- Application type
- Removal or Variation of a Condition
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 November 2024
- Last date for comments
- 27 January 2025
- Target decision date
- 15 January 2025
- Permission expires
- 7 March 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Ben Jones Architects
- Architect profile
- BEN JONES ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 47 Priory Street Lewes BN7 1HJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13553810
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
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.
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Source: South Downs
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