Sussex Police Hq Malling House Church Lane South Malling Lewes East Sussex BN7 2DZ
Proposal
External and internal repairs to the Knepp Building including replacement of bricks, repointing of brickwork and replacing and repairing timber on existing doors and window frames. Internal refurbishments including a replacement door, replastering and the installation of new electric sockets
- Received
- 20 June 2025
- Decided
- 28 November 2025 · Approved
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Bridge Ward
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- ReceivedSubmitted20 Jun
- ValidatedValidated26 Jun
- Consult.Consultation1 Aug
- TargetTarget Date21 Aug
- DecidedDecided28 Nov
Decided in 155 days (council typically 56)
This is a heritage application for window replacement at Sussex Police Hq Malling House Church Lane South Malling Lewes East Sussex BN7 2DZ. South Downs has handled 1,352 applications of this type and approves 94% of them, typically deciding them in 70 days. This one was decided in 161 days, 13 weeks longer than South Downs's median. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Lewes Bridge Ward. We hold 4,278 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
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 (20)
flood storage areas, conservation 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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