The Seven Sisters Alfriston Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3PY

LW/22/0241Planning ApplicationWithdrawn

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Withdrawn on 30 May 2022

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Proposal

Co-Op convenience store on the ground floor with 4x maisonettes (3x 2beds, 1x 3bed) above together with 4x 3 bed semi-detached dwellings to be located in the grounds around the retained building and associated car parking, ground floor of the existing building is to be extended to the rear to accommodate the back of house facilities required by the Co-Op, 10x parking spaces are proposed to the store (including a wheel chair accessible space) and a dedicated 8x parking spaces for each dwelling, along with 4x guest spaces, making a total of 22 car parking spaces

Received: 6 April 2022
Public comments: 5
Council: Lewes District Council
Ward: Seaford South
Agent: Michael Trentham Architects

ReceivedReceived6 Apr
ValidatedValidated6 Apr
Consult.Consultation31 May
TargetTarget Date1 Jun
DecidedDecided30 May

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Seven Sisters Alfriston Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3PY. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 54 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There have been 23 other applications 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 3PY
Application type: Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Seaford

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 April 2022
Consultation expiry: 31 May 2022
Consultation start: 3 May 2022
Consultation end: 31 May 2022
Neighbour consultation start: 21 April 2022
Neighbour consultation end: 19 May 2022
Last date for comments: 31 May 2022
Target decision date: 1 June 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent: Michael Trentham Architects
Agent address: 4 Grange Yard London SE1 3AE

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 22 April 2022
Advertisement expiry: 20 May 2022
Site notice start: 22 April 2022
Site notice end: 13 May 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11149221
Documents: 37
Constraints: 15

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.

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Source: Lewes

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