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Elm Court Blatchington Road Seaford East Sussex

LW/20/0799Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 10 June 2021

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 9 new dwellings and associated infrastructure

Received
24 November 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
5
Ward
Seaford Central
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.18 Jan
  4. Target11 Jun
  5. Decided10 Jun

Decided in 198 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Elm Court Blatchington Road Seaford East Sussex. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 198 days, 20 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Seaford Central.

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

Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Seaford

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2020
Consultation expiry
22 January 2021
Consultation start
21 December 2020
Consultation end
18 January 2021
Neighbour consultation start
28 May 2021
Neighbour consultation end
18 January 2021
Last date for comments
22 January 2021
Target decision date
11 June 2021
Committee meeting
9 June 2021
Permission expires
10 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mackellar Schwerdt Architects The Old Library Albion Street Lewes BN7 2ND

Planning decision

Statutory period
199 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 December 2020
Advertisement expiry
22 January 2021
Site notice start
23 January 2020
Site notice end
13 February 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09224210
Documents
55
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Land at Elm Court, Blatchington Road, SeafordRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    17 Oct

    Variation of Condition 1 (Approved Plans) in relation to approval LW/20/0799

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)LW/23/0636
  2. 2020
    24 Nov

    Erection of 9 new dwellings and associated infrastructure

    This applicationApprovedFullLW/20/0799

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