19 St Swithuns Terrace Lewes East Sussex BN7 1UJ
Approved on 13 February 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Single storey rear extension and loft conversion including conservation rooflight to front and dormer to the rear
- Received
- 29 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Priory Ward
- Agent
- Mathew Crawford Architects
- ReceivedReceived29 Aug
- ValidatedValidated16 Oct
- Consult.Consultation21 Nov
- TargetTarget Date11 Dec
- DecidedDecided13 Feb
Decided in 120 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 19 St Swithuns Terrace Lewes East Sussex BN7 1UJ. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 168 days, 16 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
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 1UJ
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 21 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 11 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 13 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mathew Crawford Architects
- Architect profile
- MATHEW CRAWFORD ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 45 Western Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1RL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14275385
- Documents
- 17
Site constraints
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 (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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Source: South Downs
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