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Baxters Field Paddock Lane Lewes East Sussex

SDNP/25/02736/TELTelecommunications NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 24 July 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of 1no light pole

Received
26 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
  1. Received26 Jun
  2. Validated26 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Baxters Field Paddock Lane Lewes East Sussex. South Downs has handled 187 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Lewes Castle Ward.

96% of telecoms 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

Application type
Telecommunications Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 June 2025
Target decision date
24 July 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • 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, 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.

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.

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