Burtenshaw Farm Spithurst Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5EE
Refused on 20 November 2017
Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use from an agricultural building to single dwelling (Class C3)
- Received
- 9 September 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Lewes District Council
- Ward
- Barcombe & Hamsey
- Agent
- Hapa Architects
- ReceivedReceived9 Sep
- ValidatedValidated26 Sep
- Consult.Consultation3 Nov
- TargetTarget Date21 Nov
- DecidedDecided20 Nov
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Burtenshaw Farm Spithurst Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5EE. Lewes has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 1,970 applications in total for the BN8 postcode area.
86% of outline 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
- Prior Approval from AGR to Dwelling
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Barcombe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 September 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 3 November 2017
- Consultation start
- 6 October 2017
- Consultation end
- 3 November 2017
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 October 2017
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 October 2017
- Last date for comments
- 10 November 2017
- Target decision date
- 21 November 2017
- Permission expires
- 20 November 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Hapa Architects
- Architect profile
- HAPA ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 53 Plymouth Avenue Brighton East Sussex BN2 4JA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 22
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202517 Jun
Discharge of conditions 3 (Ecological Method Statement) and 11 (Landscaping Scheme) relating to approval…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsLW/25/0358/CD - 202430 Oct
Discharge of Conditions 2 (Natural Burial Management Plan), 4 (Certificate from Delivery Partner), 5…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsLW/24/0690/CD - 202118 Nov
Change of use from agricultural land to a natural burial ground
ApprovedPlanning ApplicationLW/21/0880 - 201914 Jun
Divide existing dwelling to create two dwellings
ApprovedPlanning ApplicationLW/19/0423 - 201727 Mar
Split dwelling into two dwellings
RefusedCertificate of Lawful Use/Dev (Existing)LW/17/0259
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