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Bantams Spithurst Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5EE

LW/23/0142Householder Planning PermissionRefused
Householder

Refused on 6 July 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing outbuilding and replacement annex for use ancillary to the main dwelling

Received
9 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated11 May
  3. Consult.9 Jun
  4. Target29 Jun
  5. Decided6 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Bantams Spithurst Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5EE. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 9 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. There have been 5 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 5EE
Application type
Householder Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Barcombe

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 May 2023
Consultation expiry
12 June 2023
Consultation start
12 May 2023
Consultation end
9 June 2023
Neighbour consultation start
15 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
12 June 2023
Last date for comments
12 June 2023
Target decision date
29 June 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 May 2023
Advertisement expiry
9 June 2023
Site notice start
16 May 2023
Site notice end
6 June 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11993213
Documents
11
Constraints
22

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Lewes

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