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3 Guardswell Place Seaford East Sussex BN25 1SD

LW/20/0855Householder Planning PermissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 9 August 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

erection of front and rear dormers (including Juliet balcony)

Received
14 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Seaford South
Agent
Darren Moore Architectural Services
  1. Received14 Dec
  2. Validated17 Jun
  3. Consult.16 Jul
  4. Target5 Aug
  5. Decided9 Aug

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 3 Guardswell Place Seaford East Sussex BN25 1SD. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 238 days, 26 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in the Seaford (Town Centre) conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. 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.

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 1SD
Application type
Householder Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seaford

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 June 2021
Consultation expiry
23 July 2021
Consultation start
18 June 2021
Consultation end
16 July 2021
Neighbour consultation start
18 June 2021
Neighbour consultation end
16 July 2021
Last date for comments
23 July 2021
Target decision date
5 August 2021
Permission expires
9 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Darren Moore Architectural Services
Agent address
15 Headland Avenue Seaford BN25 4PY

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 June 2021
Advertisement expiry
23 July 2021
Site notice start
22 June 2021
Site notice end
13 July 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09324976
Documents
11
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Seaford (Town Centre)
  • 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, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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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