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Crouch House Crouch Lane Seaford East Sussex BN25 1PS

LW/23/0412Householder Planning PermissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 31 October 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Roof extension including infill of twin pitch to create single pitch and removal of chimneys at rear and side elevations, re-rendering of external walls, alterations to fenestration at all elevations including installation of double-glazed units, installation of dormer and roof light at front elevation, two dormers at rear elevation and one roof light at side elevation

Received
12 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Seaford South
Agent
Darren Moore Architectural Services
  1. Received12 Jul
  2. Validated12 Jul
  3. Consult.16 Aug
  4. Target6 Oct
  5. Decided31 Oct

Decided in 111 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at Crouch House Crouch Lane Seaford East Sussex BN25 1PS. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 8 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in the Seaford (Town Centre) conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 1PS
Application type
Householder Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Seaford

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 July 2023
Consultation expiry
25 August 2023
Consultation start
19 July 2023
Consultation end
16 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
21 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
18 August 2023
Last date for comments
25 August 2023
Target decision date
6 October 2023
Permission expires
31 October 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Darren Moore Architectural Services
Architect profile
DARREN MOORE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LTD
Agent address
15 Headland Avenue Seaford BN25 4PY

Planning decision

Statutory period
86 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 July 2023
Advertisement expiry
25 August 2023
Site notice start
24 July 2023
Site notice end
14 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12302840
Documents
19
Constraints
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Seaford (Town Centre)
  • Listed building: Grade II: Stone House (Immediately Behind Seaford House)On or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: Seaford Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane, 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 (19)

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 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    3 Sep

    Discharge of Condition 2 (Materials and Details - Design and Cons) in relation to approval LW/23/0412

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsLW/24/0581/CD
  2. 2023
    12 Jul

    Roof extension including infill of twin pitch to create single pitch and removal of chimneys at rear and side…

    This applicationApprovedFullLW/23/0412

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