Skip to content

Caffyns Brooks Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 2DN

SDNP/25/00930/SCREENScreening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 26 March 2025

Council decision: EIA Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Screening Opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) for the Proposed Development of Class E(a) Foodstore

Received
21 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
  1. Received21 Feb
  2. Validated21 Feb
  3. Consult.24 Mar
  4. Target14 Mar
  5. Decided26 Mar

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Caffyns Brooks Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 2DN. South Downs has handled 1,978 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across Lewes Bridge Ward. We hold 4,320 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.

87% of outline applications at South Downs were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
BN7 2DN
Application type
Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 February 2025
Last date for comments
24 March 2025
Target decision date
14 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Carney Sweeney
Agent address
Brunel House 2 Fitzalan Road Cardiff CF24 0EB

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
10

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)
  • National park: South Downs

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    1 May

    Demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment to provide Class E foodstore with ancillary parking…

    PendingFull ApplicationSDNP/25/01871/FUL
  2. 2015
    19 Jan

    Two sets of internally illuminated dealer name letters

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentSDNP/15/00259/ADV
  3. 2011
    17 Mar

    Discharge of conditions 4, 6, 7, 10 & 19 relating to planning approval LW/10/1535/NP

    Split DecisionDischarge of conditionsLW/11/0359/CD/NP
  4. 2010
    8 Dec

    Demolish existing after sales workshop and replacement with a new build extension accommodating an expansion…

    ApprovedPlanning ApplicationLW/10/1535/NP
  5. 2002
    28 Jun

    Advertisment application for two internally illuminated & two non illuminated wall signs

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentLW/02/1309

Source: South Downs

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near BN7

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address