53D Sutton Drove Seaford East Sussex BN25 3NQ
Refused on 9 December 2021
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
erection of front outbuilding for use as a home office
- Received
- 31 August 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Lewes District Council
- Ward
- Seaford South
- ReceivedReceived31 Aug
- ValidatedValidated22 Oct
- Consult.Consultation22 Nov
- TargetTarget Date10 Dec
- DecidedDecided9 Dec
Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 53D Sutton Drove Seaford East Sussex BN25 3NQ. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 6 weeks longer 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.
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 3NQ
- Application type
- Householder Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Seaford
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 October 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 26 November 2021
- Consultation start
- 25 October 2021
- Consultation end
- 22 November 2021
- Neighbour consultation start
- 25 October 2021
- Neighbour consultation end
- 22 November 2021
- Last date for comments
- 26 November 2021
- Target decision date
- 10 December 2021
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 29 October 2021
- Advertisement expiry
- 26 November 2021
- Site notice start
- 26 October 2021
- Site notice end
- 16 November 2021
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- APPEAL/22/0001
- Appeal status
- Decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-10170154
- Documents
- 15
- Constraints
- 20
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (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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