The application site is located within Lewes Conservation Area, designated in 1970, and within the setting of various statutorily designated and locally recognised buildings. The site presently enjoys a Certificate of Immunity from listing.

The application follows a previous scheme refused on 8^th September 2022, which, in close conjunction with officers, was then extensively amended to directly address the reasons for refusal pertaining to the earlier scheme.

Exhibiting significant deterioration and a recognised detractor from its significant environs, the application site was considered a negative impingement upon the designated locale by all supplementary planning guidance and policy of relevance.

The revised application therefore comprised the demolition of existing buildings and the implementation of a mixed-used development comprising three houses, 32 self-contained flats, and 198m2 of ground floor commercial space, along with associated areas of landscaping and parking.

Amendments comprised the more general lowering of the scheme combined with the more considered management of scale, massing, form and materiality, to the extent that no adverse effect would result to the built and historic environment, only enhancement.