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Former Garden Street Auction Rooms Garden Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TJ

SDNP/25/00292/FULFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Demolition of existing industrial buildings and provision of 18 residential units with associated amenity, car and cycle parking provision

Received
24 January 2025
Decision due
8 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
  1. Received24 Jan
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.21 Mar
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 21 March.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (87)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Former Garden Street Auction Rooms Garden Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TJ. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 24 January 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. 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.

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 1TJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
18
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2025
Last date for comments
21 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Savills
Agent address
Runway East - York and Elder 50 New England Street Brighton East Sussex BN1 4AW United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13659881
Documents
87

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: Auction Rooms, Garden Street Lewes BN7 1TJRegister site at or near this address · +1 more

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

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage 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 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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