Tollwood House Markstakes Lane Chailey East Sussex BN8 4BS
Approved on 23 June 2011
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Demolish glazed entrance area, construction of porch and extended entrance area at front and insertion of dormer windows
- Received
- 4 May 2011
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Lewes District Council
- Ward
- Chailey & Wivelsfield
- Agent
- John Bains Architect
- ReceivedReceived4 May
- ValidatedValidated4 May
- Consult.Consultation2 Jun
- TargetTarget Date29 Jun
- DecidedDecided23 Jun
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at Tollwood House Markstakes Lane Chailey East Sussex BN8 4BS. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Lewes's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,970 applications in total for the BN8 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
- BN8 4BS
- Application type
- Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Chailey
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 May 2011
- Consultation expiry
- 3 June 2011
- Consultation start
- 5 May 2011
- Consultation end
- 2 June 2011
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 May 2011
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 June 2011
- Last date for comments
- 3 June 2011
- Target decision date
- 29 June 2011
- Decision issued
- 28 June 2011
- Permission expires
- 28 June 2014
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- John Bains Architect
- Agent address
- Hope Cottage Highleigh Road Highleigh Chichester West Sussex PO20 7NR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 6 May 2011
- Site notice end
- 27 May 2011
Additional information
- Documents
- 14
- Constraints
- 18
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Ancient woodlandPart 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)
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
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