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Woods Fruit Farm Goldbridge Road Newick East Sussex BN8 4QP

LW/20/0298Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 13 August 2020

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of Oakside and erection of 69 dwellings, with associated access, parking, landscaping and infrastructure works

Received
15 May 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
14
Ward
Newick
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated15 May
  3. Consult.16 Jun
  4. Target10 Jul
  5. Decided13 Aug

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Woods Fruit Farm Goldbridge Road Newick East Sussex BN8 4QP. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. There have been 20 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Newick. 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 4QP
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
69
Parish
Newick

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 May 2020
Consultation expiry
7 August 2020
Consultation start
19 May 2020
Consultation end
16 June 2020
Neighbour consultation start
4 August 2020
Neighbour consultation end
16 June 2020
Last date for comments
7 August 2020
Target decision date
10 July 2020
Committee meeting
12 August 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 July 2020
Advertisement expiry
7 August 2020
Site notice start
8 July 2020
Site notice end
29 July 2020

Appeal

Appeal reference
APPEAL/21/0004
Appeal status
Decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3268428
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 27 October 2021Dev Type: Major dwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08715427
Documents
145
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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)

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

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    16 Jan

    Discharge of Condition 6 (Cycle Parking) and 18 (Landscaping) in relation to approval LW/22/0220

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsLW/24/0027/CD
  2. 2023
    18 Dec

    Non material amendment relating to approval LW/22/0220

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentLW/23/0778
  3. 2023
    25 Sep

    Discharge Of Conditions 12 (Varification) and 19 (Biodiversity Enhancements) relating to approval LW/22/0220

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsLW/23/0574/CD
  4. 2023
    14 Sep

    Discharge of condition 14 (External Lighting) relating to approval LW/22/0220

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsLW/23/0555/CD
  5. 2023
    12 Sep

    Non-material amendment to approval LW/22/0220

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentLW/23/0546
  6. 2023
    2 Aug

    Discharge of Condition 23 (Archaeological Works) and 24 (Archaeology Report) in relation the the approval of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsLW/23/0464/CD

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