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Church Farm Spithurst Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5EE

LW/16/0626Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 17 October 2016

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Section 73A Retrospective Application for the Amendment to planning application LW/15/0598 - Rotation of buildings footprint, incorporation of a basement plant room, removal of the current plant room and turning into a drying room, addition of a storage room / larder off the kitchen, increase in the width of the building, minor changes to fenestration and addition of light pipes and bi-fold doors, use of flint in the lower basement walls, relocation of the access driveway, creation of a wild life pond

Received
26 July 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Barcombe & Hamsey
Agent
DFC Sussex Ltd
  1. Received26 Jul
  2. Validated24 Aug
  3. Consult.22 Sep
  4. Target19 Oct
  5. Decided17 Oct

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Church Farm Spithurst Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5EE. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 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
Small
Parish
Barcombe

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 August 2016
Consultation expiry
22 September 2016
Consultation start
25 August 2016
Consultation end
22 September 2016
Neighbour consultation start
25 August 2016
Neighbour consultation end
22 September 2016
Last date for comments
24 September 2016
Target decision date
19 October 2016
Permission expires
17 October 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
DFC Sussex Ltd
Agent address
Denniker Farm Ruston Bridge Road Fletching TN22 3SH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05342285
Documents
13
Constraints
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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)

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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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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Associated applications

  1. 2021
    22 Feb

    Removal of condition 5 in relation to planning approval LW/15/0598

    WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)LW/21/0122
  2. 2016
    26 Jul

    Section 73A Retrospective Application for the Amendment to planning application LW/15/0598

    This applicationApprovedFullLW/16/0626
  3. 2015
    16 Jul

    Demolition of existing outbuildings and construction of new office

    ApprovedPlanning ApplicationPart ofLW/15/0598

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