Highbury Farm Markstakes Lane Chailey East Sussex BN8 4BS

LW/23/0400Approval of Reserved Matters ApplicationApproved

Reserved matters

Approved on 29 December 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Approval of reserved matters relating to outline approval LW/22/0089 (Plot 4) - 3no. self build dwelling houses with all matters reserved except access and layout

Received: 4 July 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 6
Council: Lewes District Council
Ward: Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey
Agent: Water Lane Architects

ReceivedReceived4 Jul
ValidatedValidated19 Oct
Consult.Consultation22 Nov
TargetTarget Date14 Dec
DecidedDecided29 Dec

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Highbury Farm Markstakes Lane Chailey East Sussex BN8 4BS. Lewes has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 178 days, 17 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. There have been 15 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.

86% of outline 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 4BS
Application type: Approval of Reserved Matters Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Chailey

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 October 2023
Consultation expiry: 1 December 2023
Consultation start: 25 October 2023
Consultation end: 22 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 31 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 28 November 2023
Last date for comments: 1 December 2023
Target decision date: 14 December 2023
Permission expires: 29 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Water Lane Architects
Architect profile: WATER LANE ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address: Water Lane Cottage Water Lane Little Horkesley Colchester Essex C06 4AG

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 3 November 2023
Advertisement expiry: 1 December 2023
Site notice start: 1 November 2023
Site notice end: 22 November 2023

Additional information

Documents: 20
Constraints: 41

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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