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12 Albion Street Lewes East Sussex

SDNP/25/04948/LISListed BuildingApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 3 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from Offices (Class E) to single dwelling (C3)

Received
9 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
Agent
Whaleback Planning
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.12 Jan
  4. Target3 Feb
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at 12 Albion Street Lewes East Sussex. South Downs has handled 1,352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. 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 97 applications across Lewes Bridge Ward.

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

Application type
Listed Building
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2025
Last date for comments
12 January 2026
Target decision date
3 February 2026
Permission expires
3 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Whaleback Planning
Architect profile
WHALEBACK LTD
Agent address
Whaleback 91 Boundary Road Hove BN3 7GA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14486773
Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lewes
  • Listed building: Grade II: Former Lewes Public LibraryOn this site · +2 more
  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: Former Lewes Bus Station, Eastgate Street, Lewes.Register site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (18)

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 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.

Source: South Downs

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