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Town Hall High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2QS

SDNP/25/02126/ADVApplication to Display AdvertsApproved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 9 September 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Flying of the following flags from flagpole; Progressive Pride Flag (first and last day of February, first Friday, Saturday and Sunday of August). Black History Month Flag (first and last day of October) and White Ribbon Flag (flown for 16 days starting November 25th)

Received
20 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
  1. Received20 May
  2. Validated15 Jul
  3. Consult.18 Aug
  4. Target9 Sep
  5. Decided9 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Town Hall High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2QS. South Downs has handled 133 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 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 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Lewes Castle Ward. We hold 4,321 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.

83% of advertising 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 2QS
Application type
Application to Display Adverts
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 July 2025
Last date for comments
18 August 2025
Target decision date
9 September 2025
Permission expires
9 September 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13937600
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • Listed building: Grade II: Town HallOn this site · +10 more
  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: 191 High Street, LewesRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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.

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.

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

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    8 Jan

    Works to roof including thermal upgrades and installation of skylights, and external works including the…

    PendingFull ApplicationSDNP/25/00052/FUL
  2. 2025
    8 Jan

    Works to roof including thermal upgrades and installation of skylights, and external works including the…

    PendingListed building consentSDNP/25/00053/LIS
  3. 2015
    5 May

    Repairs and restoration to the primary elevation of Lewes Town Hall (Works to include repairs to: Brickwork…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationSDNP/15/02207/FUL
  4. 2015
    5 May

    Repairs and restoration to the primary elevation of Lewes Town Hall (Works to include repairs to: Brickwork…

    ApprovedListed building consentSDNP/15/02208/LIS
  5. 2002
    14 Jun

    Listed Building application for the repair/replacement of high level clerestory windows to Corn Exchange…

    ApprovedListed building consentLW/02/1194

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