24 Chapel Hill Lewes East Sussex BN7 2BB

SDNP/26/01095/LDELawful Development Cert (Existing)Approved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 11 May 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Retaining of brick enclosure including monopitch roof

Received: 16 March 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Downs
Ward: Lewes Bridge Ward
Agent: Delavals Design

ReceivedReceived16 Mar
ValidatedValidated18 Mar
Consult.Consultation18 Apr
TargetTarget Date13 May
DecidedDecided11 May

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 24 Chapel Hill Lewes East Sussex BN7 2BB. South Downs has handled 551 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 19 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. We hold 4,320 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.

90% of amendment 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 2BB
Application type: Lawful Development Cert (Existing)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 March 2026
Last date for comments: 18 April 2026
Target decision date: 13 May 2026
Permission expires: 11 May 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent: Delavals Design
Agent address: Heron House Laughton Road Ringmer BN8 5UT

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Lewes
Listed building: Grade II: 7, Chapel HillOn or next to this site · +5 more
National park: South Downs

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.

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.

Source: South Downs

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