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1 Prince Edwards Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1BJ

SDNP/25/04008/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from C2 (Residential institution) to C3 (Dwellinghouse)

Received
6 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Castle Ward
Agent
Asher Planning Ltd
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated3 Nov
  3. Consult.10 Dec
  4. Target29 Dec
  5. Decided13 Jan

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1 Prince Edwards Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1BJ. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Lewes Castle Ward. We hold 4,321 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 1BJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 November 2025
Last date for comments
10 December 2025
Target decision date
29 December 2025
Permission expires
13 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-14378331
Documents
18

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: South Downs

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