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Thelkenber Green Lane Chailey East Sussex BN8 4BT

LW/21/0878Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 9 March 2022

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of bungalow and erection of 4no dwellinghouses

Received
17 November 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey
Agent
Mackellar Schwerdt Architects
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.2 Mar
  4. Target11 Mar
  5. Decided9 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Thelkenber Green Lane Chailey East Sussex BN8 4BT. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. There have been 4 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 4BT
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chailey

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2022
Consultation expiry
2 March 2022
Consultation start
2 February 2022
Consultation end
2 March 2022
Neighbour consultation start
19 January 2022
Neighbour consultation end
16 February 2022
Last date for comments
2 March 2022
Target decision date
11 March 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mackellar Schwerdt Architects
Agent address
The Old Library Albion Street Lewes BN7 2ND

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 January 2022
Advertisement expiry
19 February 2022
Site notice start
20 January 2022
Site notice end
10 February 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10302124
Documents
42
Constraints
35

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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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2022
    2 Sep

    Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of 3no. 3-bedroom dwellings (Resubmission of refusal LW/21/0878

    ApprovedPlanning ApplicationRelatedLW/22/0593
  2. 2021
    17 Nov

    Demolition of bungalow and erection of 4no dwellinghouses

    This applicationRefusedFullLW/21/0878

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