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28 - 30 Church Street Seaford East Sussex BN25 1LD

LW/20/0764Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 17 February 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Single storey rear extension to ground floor shop

Received
15 October 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Seaford Central
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.8 Feb
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 28 - 30 Church Street Seaford East Sussex BN25 1LD. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 125 days, 10 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in the Seaford (Town Centre) conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Seaford Central. We hold 1,428 applications in total for the BN25 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
BN25 1LD
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seaford

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2020
Consultation expiry
12 February 2021
Consultation start
11 January 2021
Consultation end
8 February 2021
Neighbour consultation start
11 January 2021
Neighbour consultation end
8 February 2021
Last date for comments
12 February 2021
Target decision date
17 February 2021
Permission expires
17 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
26 Chichester Road Seaford BN25 2DL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 January 2021
Advertisement expiry
12 February 2021
Site notice start
13 January 2021
Site notice end
3 February 2021

Additional information

Documents
10
Constraints
39

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Seaford (Town Centre)
  • Brownfield land register: The Shore, 7 Dane Road, SeafordRegister site at or near this address · +1 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 (20)

flood storage 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

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

Source: Lewes

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