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63 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1XQ

SDNP/26/01197/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 1 June 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Conversion of existing building from Class E(c)(i) (Financial Services) to a self-contained three-bedroom dwelling (Class C3)

Received
26 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
Agent
Elemental Architecture & Design
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated26 Mar
  3. Consult.5 May
  4. Target21 May
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 63 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1XQ. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 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.

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 1XQ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 March 2026
Last date for comments
5 May 2026
Target decision date
21 May 2026
Permission expires
1 June 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Elemental Architecture & Design
Architect profile
ELEMENTAL ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN LTD
Agent address
27, New Steine Brighton BN2 1PD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14796682
Documents
27

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: 62, High StreetOn or next to this site · +5 more
  • 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 (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.

© 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. 2026
    1 Jul

    Discharge of Conditions 4 (Privacy Shutters), 7 (Waste Management), 9 (Ecosystem Services) and 12…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsSDNP/26/02572/DCOND
  2. 2026
    26 Mar

    Conversion of existing building from Class E(c)(i) (Financial Services) to a self-contained three-bedroom…

    This applicationApprovedFullSDNP/26/01197/FUL

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