4 Church Street Seaford East Sussex BN25 1HD

LW/23/0059Listed Building Consent ApplicationWithdrawn

Listed building consent

Withdrawn on 25 May 2023

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Removal of an internal partition wall to form shower space within bathroom, retention of internal alterations including addition of a sauna in the basement, addition of shower space to ground floor bathroom and addition of ensuite bathroom on first floor

Received: 31 January 2023
Public comments: 2
Council: Lewes District Council
Ward: Seaford Central
Agent: Asher Planning Ltd

ReceivedReceived31 Jan
ValidatedValidated31 Jan
Consult.Consultation14 Mar
TargetTarget Date28 Mar
DecidedDecided25 May

Decided in 114 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 4 Church Street Seaford East Sussex BN25 1HD. Lewes has handled 406 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 114 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Seaford (Town Centre) conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications 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.

95% of heritage 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 1HD
Application type: Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Seaford

Planning application dates

Date validated: 31 January 2023
Consultation expiry: 17 March 2023
Consultation start: 14 February 2023
Consultation end: 14 March 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 9 February 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 9 March 2023
Last date for comments: 17 March 2023
Target decision date: 28 March 2023
Decision issued: 14 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: Asher Planning Ltd
Agent address: 2 De Grey Close Lewes BN7 2JR

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 17 February 2023
Advertisement expiry: 17 March 2023
Site notice start: 9 February 2023
Site notice end: 2 March 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11853364
Documents: 12
Constraints: 28

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: Seaford (Town Centre)
Listed building: Grade II: Alma House Phoenix Corner HouseOn or next to this site · +2 more

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Lewes

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