57 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1XE
Refused on 27 April 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Removal of as-built fascia and re-instating of original timber fascia and installation of new signage to shop timber fascia panel with trough light above
- Received
- 6 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Priory Ward
- Agent
- La Vaastu Ltd
- ReceivedReceived6 Mar
- ValidatedValidated6 Mar
- Consult.Consultation8 Apr
- TargetTarget Date1 May
- DecidedDecided27 Apr
Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application for signage at 57 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1XE. South Downs has handled 1,352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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.
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 1XE
- Application type
- Listed Building
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 8 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 1 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- La Vaastu Ltd
- Architect profile
- LA VAASTU LTD
- Agent address
- 3 Dakota House 17 Hornchurch Road Uxbridge UB10 0YP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14741356
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Lewes
- National park: South Downs
- Brownfield land register: White Hart Hotel, 55 High Street, Lewes, BN7 1XERegister 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.
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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.
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Associated applications
- 20266 Mar
Removal of as-built fascia and re-instating of original timber fascia, installation of new signage to shop…
RefusedAdvertisement consentFiled alongsideSDNP/26/00903/ADV - 20266 Mar
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20261 Apr
Removal of as-built fascia and re-instating of original timber fascia re-painted in white and various…
PendingListed building consentSDNP/26/01285/LIS - 20261 Apr
Removal of as-built fascia and re-instating of original timber fascia re-painted in white and various…
PendingFull ApplicationSDNP/26/01284/FUL
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