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1 Mount Cottages Castle Banks Lewes East Sussex BN7 1UY

SDNP/24/05116/HOUSHouseholderApproved

Approved on 23 June 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of solar panelling to rear elevation and air source heat pump, replacement of flat roofs with green roofing, insertion of 3no windows to previously blocked up window openings, and the additions of 1no rear bedroom roof, and 1no window to kitchen, replacement of existing vehicle gate doors with timber gates and replacement of pedestrian gate with timber gate to match

Received
11 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
Agent
DPS Sussex Ltd
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.7 Feb
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided23 Jun

Decided in 168 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at 1 Mount Cottages Castle Banks Lewes East Sussex BN7 1UY. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 194 days, 20 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications 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 1UY
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2025
Last date for comments
7 February 2025
Target decision date
3 March 2025
Permission expires
23 June 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
DPS Sussex Ltd
Architect profile
DPS SUSSEX LIMITED
Agent address
6 Newlands Close Keymer Hassocks BN6 8BG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13627739
Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    8 Nov

    Discharge of Condition 6 (details of windows) related to planning approval SDNP/24/05116/HOUS

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/25/04914/DCOND
  2. 2025
    10 Oct

    Discharge of Condition 3 (solar panel details) related to Planning Approval SDNP/24/05116/HOUS

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/25/04203/DCOND
  3. 2024
    11 Dec

    Installation of solar panelling to rear elevation and air source heat pump, replacement of flat roofs with…

    This applicationApprovedFullSDNP/24/05116/HOUS

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