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15 Firle Close Seaford East Sussex BN25 2HL

LW/21/0714Certificate of Lawful Use/Dev (Proposed)Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 28 October 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Singe storey extension to the front elevation and garage conversion

Received
6 September 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Seaford Central
Agent
Martin Szczerbicki Associates
  1. Received6 Sep
  2. Validated6 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Nov
  5. Decided28 Oct

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at 15 Firle Close Seaford East Sussex BN25 2HL. Lewes has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Lewes's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Seaford Central. We hold 1,428 applications in total for the BN25 postcode area.

86% of outline 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 2HL
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use/Dev (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seaford

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 September 2021
Target decision date
1 November 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Martin Szczerbicki Associates
Architect profile
MARTIN SZCZERBICKI ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
128 Hollingbury Road Brighton BN1 7JD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10189272
Comments
0
Documents
11
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    2 Nov

    Single storey side extension & garage conversion

    PendingHouseholderLW/21/0844

Source: Lewes

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