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Former Stables Of The Old Rectory Church Road Newick East Sussex

LW/21/0491Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 30 March 2022

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of existing toilet facilities to create Changing Places, extension to existing community hall including provision of disabled access facilities

Received
19 May 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Agent
Delavals Design
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.29 Dec
  4. Target25 Mar
  5. Decided30 Mar

Decided in 119 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Former Stables Of The Old Rectory Church Road Newick East Sussex. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 315 days, 37 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in the Newick (Church Road) conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address.

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
Newick

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2021
Consultation expiry
4 January 2022
Consultation start
1 December 2021
Consultation end
29 December 2021
Neighbour consultation start
7 December 2021
Neighbour consultation end
4 January 2022
Last date for comments
4 January 2022
Target decision date
25 March 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Delavals Design
Agent address
Heron House Laughton Road Ringmer BN8 5UT

Planning decision

Statutory period
114 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 December 2021
Advertisement expiry
31 December 2021
Site notice start
8 December 2021
Site notice end
29 December 2021

Additional information

Documents
21
Constraints
36

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    27 Oct

    Minor amendments to approval LW/23/0279

    ApprovedListed building consentLW/25/0642
  2. 2025
    27 Oct

    Minor amendments to approval LW/23/0279

    ApprovedPlanning ApplicationLW/25/0641
  3. 2023
    2 May

    Minor amendments to approval LW/22/0369

    ApprovedListed building consentLW/23/0279
  4. 2022
    20 Apr

    Conversion of existing toilet facilities to create Changing Places, extension to existing community hall…

    ApprovedListed building consentLW/22/0369
  5. 2022
    20 Apr

    Conversion of existing toilet facilities to create Changing Places, extension to existing community hall…

    ApprovedPlanning ApplicationLW/22/0374
  6. 2021
    7 Jul

    Conversion of existing toilet facilities to create Changing Places, extension to existing community hall…

    RefusedListed building consentLW/21/0620

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