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17 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2LN

SDNP/25/01462/LISListed BuildingRefused
Listed building consent

Refused on 1 August 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal of part of internal wall to form new access to room of existing corridor

Received
3 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
Agent
Lusher Architects
  1. Received3 Apr
  2. Validated16 Apr
  3. Consult.23 May
  4. Target11 Jun
  5. Decided1 Aug

Decided in 107 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 17 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2LN. South Downs has handled 1,352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 9 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 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.

93% of heritage 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 2LN
Application type
Listed Building
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 April 2025
Last date for comments
23 May 2025
Target decision date
11 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lusher Architects
Agent address
21 Thomas More House Barbican London EC2Y 8BT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
SDNP/25/00068/REFLB
Appeal status
Appeal In Progress

Appeal history

6000744
Dismissed
Type: Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 11 May 2026Dev Type: Minor retail and servicesReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13913539
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • Listed building: Grade II: 17, High StreetOn this site · +5 more
  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: 40-42 Friars Walk, Lewes East SussexRegister site at or near this address · +1 more

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

Also checked, none recorded (18)

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 and heritage coasts.

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2003
    7 Aug

    Change of use from B1 offices to D1 (dental practice)

    ApprovedPlanning ApplicationLW/03/1674

Source: South Downs

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