The Mews 5 Watts Lane Eastbourne East Sussex BN21 1NP
Proposal
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed:Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)to create 4no. 1 x bedroom flats. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA
- Received
- 10 February 2025
- Decided
- 12 February 2025 · Approved conditionally
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Eastbourne Borough Council
- Ward
- Upperton
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- ReceivedReceived10 Feb
- ValidatedValidated10 Feb
- Consult.Consultation13 Mar
- TargetTarget Date6 Apr
- DecidedDecided12 Feb
Decided in 2 days (council typically 7)
This is an outline application for a change of use at The Mews 5 Watts Lane Eastbourne East Sussex BN21 1NP. Eastbourne has handled 163 applications of this type and approves 93% of them, typically deciding them in 6 days. This one was decided in 2 days, 4 days quicker than Eastbourne's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Upperton. We hold 127 applications in total for the BN21 postcode area.
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