Public Access Disclaimer

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Disclaimer

No responsibility will be taken for any error or omissions in the planning information obtained from the Public Access Website. The planning information contained within this website does not in any way constitute notification of a planning decision, and as such any actions taken as a result of information displayed on the website are undertaken entirely at the viewer’s own risk. Lewes District Council will not accept any liability in respect of any loss, damage or injury (financial, contractual or otherwise) sustained as a result or allegedly as a result of reliance thereon.

If you have any reason to suspect that the information is incorrect or require further details regarding the information, please contact us immediately by e-mailing planning@lewes.gov.uk so that the matter can be investigated and any corrections made as soon as reasonably practical.

Currency of Information

Our website lists basic textual and spatial information on all planning/planning appeal applications back to 1948; more detailed information is contained in applications received after 1992. Applications received after March 2006 have been processed using our new planning system and therefore contains complete planning information.

Enforcement records are current from March 2006, however all served notices since 1973 are included.

All of our spatial holdings are subject to the Ordnance Survey’s (OS) Positional Accuracy Improvement (PAI) Programme. We have used a specialist PAI correction programme to adjust all of our planning spatial records to post-PAI mapping; however some records may still be affected by a level of PAI inaccuracy and users should take this fact into account whilst performing any map based searches. All inaccuracies found should be reported to the GIS Officer at: planning@lewes.gov.uk

Limitations

The online planning records must not be used as a substitute for carrying out a formal “Land Charge Search”, please contact our land charges section for details of how to apply for a formal “Land Charge Search”.

Similarly any boundaries shown on the Ordnance Survey mapping and implied through planning applications do not necessarily relate to land ownership. The Council dos not hold records of private land. All queries related to land ownership should be directed to HM Land Registry at: www.landregisteronline.gov.uk/  Please note these services are chargeable.

If you require further information regarding an application contained in this website then please contact the Planning Department on 01273 484420

Comments

It must be understood that any representations submitted via the Public Access Website using the ‘Comments’ facility will be made publicly available (including to the applicant and their agent) and that confidential representations cannot be taken into account by the Council. Lewes District Council reserves the right to remove offensive, abusive or racist comments made upon planning applications.

Comments made on planning applications are regarded as forming part of the statutory register and, as such, the local authority has a duty to make this information available for public inspection (in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Access to Information Act (1985)) and will, therefore publish letters received in connection with a planning application on this website and make copies available on the case file. Lewes District Council will make every effort to remove personal details such as telephone numbers, email addresses and signatures prior to the information appearing on this website, although wherever possible, please do not include these details.

Therefore by sending your comments you confirm you agree to this and accept legal responsibility for your comments. We are unable to prevent people using this website for direct mailing purposes therefore you should check if you or your appointed agent have registered your name, address, telephone and or fax information with one or all of the services listed below, expressing you wish not to receive unsolicited contacts:

Mailing Preference Services (MPS)

DMA House
70 Margaret Street
London
W1W 8SS

Tel: 0845 703 4599
Website: www.mpsonline.org.uk/
Email: mps@dma.org.uk

Telephone Preference Services (TPS)

DMA House
70 Margaret Street
London
W1W 8SS

Tel: 0845 070 0707
Website: www.tpsonline.org.uk/
Email: tps@dma.org.uk

Fax Preference Services (FPS)

DMA House
70 Margaret Street
London
W1W 8SS

Tel: 0845 070 0702
Website: www.fpsonline.org.uk/
Email: fps@dma.org.uk

Copyright

Application Copyright

Plans, drawings and material submitted to the Council are protected by the Copyright Acts (Section 47, 1988 Act). You may only use the material which is downloaded and/or printed for consultation purposes; to compare current applications with previous schemes and to check whether developments have been completed in accordance with approved plans. Further copies must not be made without prior permission of the copyright owner.

Ordnance Survey Copyright

Mapping products used by this website are reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. 100019275. 2008. If you wish to licence mapping products for your own use, please contact the Ordnance Survey at: www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/

Lewes District Council Copyright

Lewes District Council retains copyright to all original material used on this website. The Public Access software is provided by CAPS Solutions Limited who maintains copyright over the site’s design and software.

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Licence Agreement For Access To National And/Or Authority Datasets

Welcome to the Lewes District Council Public Access for Planning website [Website], which is owned and operated by Lewes District Council (“we”, “us” or “our”). Set out below are the terms and conditions which, together with any legal notices displayed elsewhere on this [Website], represent all the terms and conditions on which we will provide you with access to the datasets created by Local Government Information House Limited (the “National Datasets”) and/or the datasets compiled and maintained by Lewes District Council [the Authority] (the “Authority Datasets”) associated with the use of the National Land and Property Gazetteer and the National Street Gazetteer. Your continued use of this [Website] indicates your acceptance to be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to be bound by these terms and conditions, please cease using this [Website].

The terms and conditions for this licence agreement are as follows:

1. The National and/or Authority datasets are associated with the use of the National Land and Property Gazetteer and the National Street Gazetteer. Information displayed throughout the [Website] is extracted from a copyright work owned by the Local Government Information House Limited and [the Authority].

2. A single screen print of the results of a search of the National and/or Authority datasets is permitted for your own use.

3. You may not extract or re-utilise information derived from the National and/or Authority Datasets and/or any copies of such information (whether electronic or in hard copy format) for any commercial or business purpose including but not limited to, trading, building commercial databases, reselling or redistribution of such information.

4. You are not permitted to modify, adapt, arrange, alter, adjust or make any additions to any information derived from the National and/or Authority Datasets, nor are you permitted to combine such information with other mapping, data or other information, including for the avoidance of doubt, other such information derived from this Website.

5. Save as permitted by clause 2 above, the reproduction, copying, downloading, storage, recording, broadcasting, retransmission, distribution, decompilation, reverse-engineering or disassembly of any part of this [Website] is not permitted without our prior written consent.

6. It is your responsibility to ensure that any information derived from the National and/or Authority Datasets is not made available, either in electronic unencrypted form or in hard copy format, to any third party that may attempt to use the map in contravention of these terms and conditions.

7. You must inform us immediately if you become aware of a third party using information derived from the National and/or Authority Datasets in contravention of these terms and conditions or of any infringement of trade marks located on the [Website].

8. We shall have no liability to any person or organisation in respect of any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly from the use of the information contained on this [Website].

9. We take every reasonable effort to ensure that information contained on this [Website] is as accurate as possible. However, the services featured on this [Website] are provided “as is”, and all warranties, conditions and other terms implied by statute or common law are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded. We shall not be liable to you for any indirect or consequential loss (whether for loss of profit, loss of business, depletion of goodwill or otherwise), costs, expense or other claims for consequential compensation whatsoever (howsoever caused) which arise out or in conjunction with you use of the [Website].

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