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Church Farm Spithurst Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5EE

LW/15/0598Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 April 2016

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing outbuildings and construction of new office

Received
16 July 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Barcombe & Hamsey
Agent
DFC (Sussex) Ltd
  1. Received16 Jul
  2. Validated19 Aug
  3. Consult.13 Apr
  4. Target1 Apr
  5. Decided13 Apr

Decided in 238 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Church Farm Spithurst Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5EE. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 272 days, 31 weeks longer 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 5EE
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Barcombe

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 August 2015
Consultation expiry
13 April 2016
Consultation start
23 March 2016
Consultation end
13 April 2016
Neighbour consultation start
23 March 2016
Neighbour consultation end
13 April 2016
Last date for comments
13 April 2016
Target decision date
1 April 2016
Permission expires
13 April 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
DFC (Sussex) Ltd
Agent address
Denniker Farmhouse Ruston Bridge Road Fletching East Sussex TN22 3SH

Planning decision

Statutory period
226 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 March 2016
Site notice end
13 April 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04346377
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site · +2 more
  • 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)

flood storage areas, conservation 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 parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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