26A Station Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2DB

SDNP/25/02611/LISListed BuildingApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 14 October 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Amendment to Planning Approval SDNP/23/05098/LIS to include: Addition of single entrance to hall with a path and railing Replacement of window with sliding sash window Installation of 5no solar panels to south facing roof slope - at rear, inward facing, black, set within roof slates Internal amendments to include the addition of another bedroom/home office to flat 2 Replacement of disabled WC in community hall with standard WC Proposed painting of exterior: Lemon Tree; extension Sky Blue; hall Georgia Peach New window and entrances to have a white-painted timber mould surround Reconfiguration of bins, cycle parking reduced to 2 spaces Extra window next to the entrance to Flat 2

Received: 19 June 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Downs
Ward: Lewes Priory Ward
Agent: LRA-Retinue LTD

ReceivedReceived19 Jun
ValidatedValidated19 Jun
Consult.Consultation25 Jul
TargetTarget Date14 Aug
DecidedDecided14 Oct

Decided in 117 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for an extension at 26A Station Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2DB. South Downs has handled 1,352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 117 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 have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Lewes Priory 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 2DB
Application type: Listed Building
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 June 2025
Last date for comments: 25 July 2025
Target decision date: 14 August 2025
Permission expires: 14 October 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: LRA-Retinue LTD
Architect profile: LRA RETINUE LTD
Agent address: 24 Windlsesham Road Brighton BN1 3AG

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 18

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: 26a, Station StreetOn this site · +2 more
National park: South Downs
Brownfield land register: White Hart Hotel, 55 High Street, Lewes, BN7 1XERegister 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.

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5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: South Downs

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