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38 Carlton Road Eastbourne East Sussex BN22 7HD

240725LD Certificate (existing)Refused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 22 July 2026

1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for existing use as a holiday let (sui generis)

Received
20 December 2024
Ward
Devonshire
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated20 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Feb
  5. Decided22 Jul

Decided in 579 days (council typically 7)

About this application

This is a planning application at 38 Carlton Road Eastbourne East Sussex BN22 7HD. Eastbourne has handled 10 applications of this type. This one was decided in 579 days, 82 weeks longer than Eastbourne's typical decision time. The site is in the Town Centre and Seafront conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Devonshire. We hold 115 applications in total for the BN22 postcode area.

93% of all applications at Eastbourne Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 1 week (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. From the evidence submitted with the application the use is not permitted development and would require planning permission and there are no pre-existing permissions for this use at this site. From the evidence submitted with the application and from other sources available to the Council on the balance of probabilities the use has not been established for more than 10 years and thereby is unlawful within the meaning of section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BN22 7HD
Application type
LD Certificate (existing)

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 December 2024
Target decision date
14 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
16 Fairdene Southwick Brighton BN42 4QN

Planning decision

Case officer
Emma Wachiuri

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Town Centre and Seafront

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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

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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.

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.

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