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29-41 Sorrel Drive, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN23 8BH

EB/3467/CCCounty Council DevelopmentApproved

Approved on 8 March 2023

Council decision: Granted

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Extension and alterations to two areas (Areas A and B) of the existing Children's Resource Centre. Works area A proposes internal layout alterations as well as alterations to existing fenestration at ground and first floors to change an area of social services offices into additional respite care facilities. Works area B proposes a single storey pitched roof extension to the building to create a new communal lounge and more open circulation. Other works include the erection of a section of new boundary fencing.

Received
12 January 2023
Ward
Langney
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.10 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a planning application for an extension at 29-41 Sorrel Drive, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN23 8BH. East Sussex has handled 99 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 8 days quicker than East Sussex's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 551 applications in total for the BN23 postcode area.

100% of all applications at East Sussex County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BN23 8BH
Application type
County Council Development
Scale / size
Small
District
Eastbourne

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2023
Consultation expiry
10 February 2023
Consultation start
20 January 2023
Consultation end
10 February 2023

Additional information

Documents
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage 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 parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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

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© 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.

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Source: East Sussex

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