5 The Covers Seaford East Sussex BN25 1DF
Approved on 7 January 2021
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
proposed rear extension single storey materials to match existing under 4m external depth
- Received
- 16 November 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Lewes District Council
- Ward
- Seaford South
- ReceivedReceived16 Nov
- ValidatedValidated16 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date11 Jan
- DecidedDecided7 Jan
Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a rear extension at 5 The Covers Seaford East Sussex BN25 1DF. Lewes has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Lewes's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Seaford South. We hold 1,428 applications in total for the BN25 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).
Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street
Application details
- Postcode
- BN25 1DF
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Use/Dev (Proposed)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Seaford
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 November 2020
- Target decision date
- 11 January 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- BJW Architectural
- Agent address
- 7 Erringham Road Shoreham by Sea BN43 5NQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High 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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Source: Lewes
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