Aldi House Brooks Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 2BY

SDNP/25/02551/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 19 December 2025

Planning committee

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Proposal

Demolition of four existing industrial units and part demolition of the food store for the construction of an extension to the food store with car and cycle parking, landscaping and associated works.

Received: 19 June 2025
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: South Downs
Ward: Lewes Bridge Ward

ReceivedReceived19 Jun
ValidatedValidated19 Jun
Consult.Consultation24 Nov
TargetTarget Date14 Aug
DecidedDecided19 Dec

Decided in 183 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Aldi House Brooks Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 2BY. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 183 days, 18 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. There have been 13 other applications 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.

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 2BY
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Large
Parish: Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 June 2025
Last date for comments: 24 November 2025
Target decision date: 14 August 2025
Permission expires: 19 December 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: Avison Young
Agent address: 65 Gresham Street London EC2V 7NQ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13949686
Documents: 110

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
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.

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