The Seven Sisters Alfriston Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3PY
Approved on 23 November 2023
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of the existing building to provide a convenience store to the ground floor, 4no maisonettes above and 4no dwellinghouses within the grounds, ground floor single storey rear extension to store for facilities, 12no car parking spaces to the store, 8no parking spaces for dwellings and 3no guest spaces; 23 in total
- Received
- 20 September 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 6
- Council
- Lewes District Council
- Ward
- Seaford South
- Agent
- Michael Trentham Architects
- ReceivedReceived20 Sep
- ValidatedValidated13 Oct
- Consult.Consultation14 Nov
- TargetTarget Date24 Nov
- DecidedDecided23 Nov
Decided in 406 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at The Seven Sisters Alfriston Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3PY. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 429 days, 53 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. 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
- Medium
- Parish
- Seaford
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 October 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 18 November 2022
- Consultation start
- 17 October 2022
- Consultation end
- 14 November 2022
- Neighbour consultation start
- 21 October 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 November 2022
- Last date for comments
- 18 November 2022
- Target decision date
- 24 November 2023
- Permission expires
- 23 November 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Michael Trentham Architects
- Agent address
- 4 Grange Yard London SE1 3AE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 407 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 21 October 2022
- Advertisement expiry
- 18 November 2022
- Site notice start
- 24 October 2022
- Site notice end
- 14 November 2022
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11306270
- Documents
- 50
- Constraints
- 36
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.
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9 other applications at this property, newest first.
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