Spithurst Hub Spithurst Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5EE
Approved on 5 April 2024
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
proposed use of land and use of existing kitchen facilities within the Spithurst Hub as a cafe to serve visiting members of the public in addition to existing business users
- Received
- 20 May 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 5
- Council
- Lewes District Council
- Ward
- Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey
- Agent
- Rural Planning Group
- ReceivedReceived20 May
- ValidatedValidated20 May
- Consult.Consultation23 Dec
- TargetTarget Date10 Apr
- DecidedDecided5 Apr
Decided in 1051 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Spithurst Hub Spithurst Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5EE. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey. 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 5EE
- Application type
- Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Barcombe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 May 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 23 December 2021
- Consultation start
- 25 November 2021
- Consultation end
- 23 December 2021
- Neighbour consultation start
- 5 July 2021
- Neighbour consultation end
- 2 August 2021
- Last date for comments
- 23 December 2021
- Target decision date
- 10 April 2024
- Decision issued
- 9 April 2024
- Permission expires
- 9 April 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Rural Planning Group
- Agent address
- 10 Mount Harry Road Lewes BN7 1NY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 1056 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 9 July 2021
- Advertisement expiry
- 6 August 2021
- Site notice start
- 7 July 2021
- Site notice end
- 28 July 2021
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-09852320
- Documents
- 44
- Constraints
- 18
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Ancient woodlandPart of the site · +2 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 (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, 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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Lewes
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Consultants on this application
- Rural Planning Group Limited · Agent for this application
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