Representations made on planning applications following the meeting of the Planning Committee held on 4th December 2024
01/11/24 to 28/11/24:
SDNP/24/04404/FUL: 99 Western Road. Alterations to and conversion of existing commercial building to 1 x 4 bedroom dwelling house and alterations to fenestration.
The Friends of Lewes object to this application as the loss of the existing commercial space at ground floor level would result in ‘dead frontage’ at this important location in Western Road, which is unlikely to ever be reinstated.
The Society would therefore like to suggest that both the ground floor and basement be retained for commercial use, with a separate access to enable the conversion of both the first and second floors for residential use.
SDNP/24/04066/FUL: Garage Compound The Lynchets. Demolition of garages and construction of 5 x dwellings.
Although the Friends of Lewes support this application in principle, because the initiative would add to Lewes’s housing stock and maximise the opportunity to provide much-needed affordable housing, the Society objects to the particular design solution proposed for the redevelopment of this site for the following reasons:-
(1) The use of modular components to assemble each dwelling limits the scope for providing a suitable design solution on this narrow site with a curving street frontage.
(2) The existing mature trees on the bank fronting the A26, abutting the western boundary of the site, are considered to be too close to the proposed dwelling units, which they would overshadow.
(3) It would be desirable to re-design the proposed dwellings with shallower plans in order to maximise the size of the rear gardens.
(4) The use of the “Volumetric Modular Construction” approach may not be able to provide a suitable design solution for this site.
The Committee examined the following applications and had no observations to make:
| SDNP/24/03958/LIS. 10 Southover High Street: | Replacement of 5no windows and front door. |
| SDNP/24/04417/HOUS. 7 Barn Hatch Close: | Installation of Air Source Heat Pump (12Kw) |
| SDNP/24/04428/FUL. 3 De La Warr Green: | Single storey rear extension to ground floor 1-bed flat. |
| SDNP/24/04492/HOUS. 118 High Street: | Reinstatement of previously removed ground to first floor secondary stair, internal partitioning to ground and first floor to facilitate, and partial insulation to existing potting shed/boot room. |
| SDNP/24/04527/NMA. 36 The Course: | Non-Material Amendment to Planning Approval SDNP/22/05288/HOUS to include increase to length of extension and changes to window and door arrangement on rear elevation. |
| SDNP/24/04560/FUL & 04561/LIS. 4-6 The Bridge Wharf Brewery Cliffe High Street: | Alteration to garage/workshop, moving electrical intake supply to first floor of garage workshop, formation of passage behind store for shop staff deliveries to car parking area. |
| SDNP/24/04635/HOUS. 30 Prince Edwards Road: | Removal of existing chimney stack, installing a new flue and fenestration alterations. |
| SDNP/24/04639/HOUS. 1 Yarrow Road: | Single storey side extension with wheelchair access. |
| SDNP/24/04660/FUL. Priory Place Flats Priory Street: | Replacement of all windows to Priory Street Flats. |
| SDNP/24/04669/HOUS. 12 St James Street: | Two storey rear extension and internal alterations. |
| SDNP/24/04707/ NMA. 20 Malling Down: | Non-Material Amendment to Planning Approval SDNP/20/03037/HOUS to include an increase in height and addition of small extension to roof canopy. |
| SDNP/24/04711/HOUS. 134 High Street: | Replacement render on part of rear elevation. |
| SDNP/24/04715/HOUS. 26 South Way: | Two storey front extension, rear ground floor extension to create veranda with fenestration alterations. |
| SDNP/24/04717/LIS. 37 Cliffe High Street: | Re-painting of exterior with internal refurbishments including dropping of ceiling to install spot lights, and alterations to ancillary unit with erection of stud wall. |
| SDNP/24/04795/FUL & 04796/LIS: 138 South Street: | Installation of Roof-Mounted 2.25KW/p Solar PV Array onto domestic garage. |
| SDNP/24/04836/NMA. 81 Highdown Road: | Non-Material Amendment to Planning Approval SDNP/23/00467/HOUS – Alteration to line of front and rear walls of Utility room in side extension, addition of rear-facing window to Utility room and repositioning of side-facing window to rear Dining room extension. |
Friends of Lewes 