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42 The Meadows Lewes East Sussex BN7 2JJ

SDNP/25/00648/HOUSHouseholderApproved

Approved on 14 April 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replacement of existing rear conservatory and utility room with new rear extension. Addition of rear loft dormer, new rooflights to front roof, new obscured loft window to side elevation and replacement of existing window with door on side elevation and infill of existing window to side of entrance port. Also to include garden works such as replacement of existing sheds and greenhouse with workspace studio, repositioning of existing gate along west boundary and other alterations

Received
14 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
Agent
Ursula McGeoch Architect
  1. Received14 Feb
  2. Validated14 Feb
  3. Consult.28 Mar
  4. Target11 Apr
  5. Decided14 Apr

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 42 The Meadows Lewes East Sussex BN7 2JJ. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than South Downs's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Lewes Bridge 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 2JJ
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 February 2025
Last date for comments
28 March 2025
Target decision date
11 April 2025
Permission expires
14 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ursula McGeoch Architect
Agent address
47 New Road LEWES BN7 1YW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13740691
Documents
30

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: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: South Downs

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