Orchard Cottage Spithurst Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5EE
Refused on 23 September 2014
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of existing garage and erection of single story extension to create a single dwelling and alteration of access
- Received
- 28 July 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Lewes District Council
- Ward
- Barcombe & Hamsey
- Agent
- Bradford & Thomas LLp & Ecotects
- ReceivedReceived28 Jul
- ValidatedValidated29 Jul
- Consult.Consultation29 Aug
- TargetTarget Date23 Sep
- DecidedDecided23 Sep
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Orchard Cottage Spithurst Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5EE. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. There has been 1 other application 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 5EE
- Application type
- Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Barcombe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 July 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 2 September 2014
- Consultation start
- 1 August 2014
- Consultation end
- 29 August 2014
- Neighbour consultation start
- 5 August 2014
- Neighbour consultation end
- 2 September 2014
- Last date for comments
- 2 September 2014
- Target decision date
- 23 September 2014
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Bradford & Thomas LLp & Ecotects
- Agent address
- 31 Vernon Terrace Brighton East Sussex BN1 3JH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 7 August 2014
- Site notice end
- 28 August 2014
Appeal
- Appeal status
- Decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-03553216
- Documents
- 22
- Constraints
- 17
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (22)
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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