28 Church Street Seaford East Sussex BN25 1LD
Refused on 9 April 2024
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Single storey rear extension to ground floor restaurant to create a studio dwelling
- Received
- 9 May 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Lewes District Council
- Ward
- Seaford Central
- ReceivedReceived9 May
- ValidatedValidated25 Jul
- Consult.Consultation24 Aug
- TargetTarget Date10 Apr
- DecidedDecided9 Apr
Decided in 259 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 28 Church Street Seaford East Sussex BN25 1LD. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 336 days, 40 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in the Seaford (Town Centre) conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
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 1LD
- Application type
- Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Seaford
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 July 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 1 September 2023
- Consultation start
- 27 July 2023
- Consultation end
- 24 August 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 1 August 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 29 August 2023
- Last date for comments
- 1 September 2023
- Target decision date
- 10 April 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 26 Chichester Road Seaford BN25 2DL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 260 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 4 August 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 1 September 2023
- Site notice start
- 2 August 2023
- Site notice end
- 23 August 2023
Additional information
- Documents
- 17
- Constraints
- 34
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Seaford (Town Centre)
- Brownfield land register: The Shore, 7 Dane Road, SeafordRegister site at or near this address
- 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 (20)
flood storage 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 and heritage coasts.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Source: Lewes
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