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25 - 27 High Street Seaford East Sussex BN25 1PA

LW/06/0045Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 6 June 2006

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use of ground floor from retail (A1) to restaurant (A3)

Received
12 January 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Seaford Central
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.2 May
  4. Target26 May
  5. Decided6 Jun

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 25 - 27 High Street Seaford East Sussex BN25 1PA. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 145 days, 13 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in the Seaford (Town Centre) conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Seaford Central. We hold 1,428 applications in total for the BN25 postcode area.

92% of full 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
BN25 1PA
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seaford

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2006
Consultation expiry
4 May 2006
Neighbour consultation start
21 June 2006
Neighbour consultation end
2 May 2006
Last date for comments
4 May 2006
Target decision date
26 May 2006
Decision issued
19 June 2006
Permission expires
19 June 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Holmans Vanguard Cottage Chalvington Hailsham East Sussex BN27 3TB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 April 2006
Site notice end
4 May 2006

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0

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)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Seaford (Town Centre)
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Regency LoungeOn or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: 1-10 Talland Parade, High Street, SeafordRegister site at or near this address · +1 more

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

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: Lewes

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