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4 Motcombe Road Eastbourne East Sussex BN21 1PU

250653Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 29 October 2025

3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Minor changes to existing external elevations, enclosing of an existing external courtyard, forming a new courtyard entrance, replacement fenestration and glazed roof lantern and installation of aroof top air source heat pump

Received
22 October 2025
Ward
Old Town
  1. Received22 Oct
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.27 Nov
  4. Target26 Dec
  5. Decided29 Oct

About this application

This is a full planning application at 4 Motcombe Road Eastbourne East Sussex BN21 1PU. Eastbourne has handled 338 applications of this type. This one was decided in 7 days. The site is in the Old Town conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Old Town. We hold 144 applications in total for the BN21 postcode area.

99% of full applications at Eastbourne Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 1 week (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BN21 1PU
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2025
Consultation expiry
27 November 2025
Consultation start
3 November 2025
Consultation end
27 November 2025
Target decision date
26 December 2025
Application expires
26 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
28 Foundry Street Brighton Brighton BN1 4AT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14428668
UPRN
10010663589
Documents
31

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Old Town
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Eastbourne

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