Flat 4 North Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2PA
Approved on 8 January 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Removal of external metal steps and replacement of balustrade
- Received
- 4 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Castle Ward
- Agent
- Asher Planning Ltd
- ReceivedReceived4 Aug
- ValidatedValidated4 Aug
- Consult.Consultation5 Sep
- TargetTarget Date29 Sep
- DecidedDecided8 Jan
Decided in 157 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Flat 4 North Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2PA. South Downs has handled 1,352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 157 days, 14 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 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Lewes Castle 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 2PA
- Application type
- Listed Building
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 5 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 29 September 2025
- Permission expires
- 8 January 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Asher Planning Ltd
- Agent address
- 2 De Grey Close Lewes BN7 2JR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14224622
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (19)
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, 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.
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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
© 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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: South Downs
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