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The Malthouse Daveys Lane Lewes East Sussex BN7 2BF

SDNP/25/04196/CNDRemoval or Variation of a ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 9 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Variation of Condition 8 (external seating) related to Planning Approval SDNP/24/03844/FUL to allow for 11 x 6 person tables in canopy area and 23 x 6 person tables in car park area during taproom opening hours

Received
16 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
Agent
Lewis and Co Planning
  1. Received16 Oct
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.9 Dec
  4. Target11 Dec
  5. Decided9 Jan

Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at The Malthouse Daveys Lane Lewes East Sussex BN7 2BF. South Downs has handled 2,087 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across Lewes Bridge Ward. We hold 4,320 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.

95% of conditions 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 2BF
Application type
Removal or Variation of a Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2025
Last date for comments
9 December 2025
Target decision date
11 December 2025
Permission expires
9 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lewis and Co Planning
Agent address
2 Port Hall Road Brighton BN1 5PD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14349081
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: 68-74 , Malling Street, LewesRegister site at or near this address

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    16 Oct

    Variation of Condition 8 (external seating) related to Planning Approval SDNP/24/03844/FUL

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/25/04196/CND
  2. 2024
    18 Sep

    Section 73a retrospective change of use from light industrial (Class E) to microbrewery and taproom (sui…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationPart ofSDNP/24/03844/FUL

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