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Church Of St Mary The Virgin Haywards Heath Road North Chailey East Sussex

LW/11/0221Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 April 2011

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of redundant church to dwelling

Received
18 February 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
19
Ward
Chailey & Wivelsfield
Agent
Ford Architecture
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided12 Apr

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Church Of St Mary The Virgin Haywards Heath Road North Chailey East Sussex. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address.

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
Chailey

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2011
Consultation expiry
1 April 2011
Consultation start
4 March 2011
Consultation end
1 April 2011
Neighbour consultation start
4 March 2011
Neighbour consultation end
1 April 2011
Last date for comments
1 April 2011
Target decision date
28 April 2011
Decision issued
19 April 2011
Permission expires
19 April 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ford Architecture
Agent address
Huddlestone Close Lye Lane Cleeve Hill Cheltenham Glos GL52 3QD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01388297
Documents
54
Constraints
29

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2011
    18 Feb

    Conversion of redundant church to dwelling

    This applicationApprovedFullLW/11/0221
  2. 2011
    18 Feb

    Conversion of redundant church to dwelling

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideLW/11/0222

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