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4 Longhurst Cottages Haywards Heath Road North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4EZ

LW/05/1592Certificate of Lawful Use/Dev (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 September 2005

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Certificate of Proposed Use for the construction of dormer windows in front and rear roof slopes and internal alteratons

Received
5 August 2005
Ward
Chailey & Wivelsfield
  1. Received5 Aug
  2. Validated5 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Sep
  5. Decided1 Sep

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a dormer extension at 4 Longhurst Cottages Haywards Heath Road North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4EZ. Lewes has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Lewes's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,970 applications in total for the BN8 postcode area.

86% of outline applications at Lewes District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BN8 4EZ
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use/Dev (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chailey

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 August 2005
Target decision date
30 September 2005

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Holly's Choice Spithurst Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5EF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • SSSI: Chailey Common SSSIPart of the site
  • 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, conservation 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, 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.

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© 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: Lewes

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