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25 Spences Field Lewes East Sussex BN7 2HH

SDNP/26/01559/HOUSHouseholderRefused

Refused on 16 June 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

To build a bridging platform to provide a walkway from the middle floor of the house to the garden.

Received
20 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
  1. Received20 Apr
  2. Validated29 Apr
  3. Consult.4 Jun
  4. Target24 Jun
  5. Decided16 Jun

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 25 Spences Field Lewes East Sussex BN7 2HH. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Lewes Bridge 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 2HH
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lewes Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 April 2026
Last date for comments
4 June 2026
Target decision date
24 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14848545
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

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, 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.

Source: South Downs

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