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Rookery Field Bishopstone Road Bishopstone Seaford East Sussex

LW/07/1159Planning ApplicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 12 November 2007

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

New gate access

Received
5 September 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Seaford West
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated28 Sep
  3. Consult.7 Nov
  4. Target23 Nov
  5. Decided12 Nov

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Rookery Field Bishopstone Road Bishopstone Seaford East Sussex. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 68 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Seaford West.

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

Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seaford

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 September 2007
Consultation expiry
7 November 2007
Consultation start
17 October 2007
Consultation end
7 November 2007
Neighbour consultation start
5 October 2007
Neighbour consultation end
2 November 2007
Last date for comments
7 November 2007
Target decision date
23 November 2007

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 October 2007
Site notice end
2 November 2007

Additional information

Constraints
22

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 (Bishopstone)Part of the site
  • National park: South Downs

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 (20)

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 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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