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Pear Tree Cottage Saxon Lane Seaford East Sussex BN25 1QL

LW/23/0545Listed Building Consent ApplicationApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 1 December 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replacement of the existing roof, rebuilding of 2no. chimneys and partial reconstruction of front elevation wall (from eaves), removal of internal timber cladding

Received
12 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Seaford South
Agent
Bell Cornwell LLP
  1. Received12 Sep
  2. Validated12 Sep
  3. Consult.31 Oct
  4. Target1 Dec
  5. Decided1 Dec

Decided in 80 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Pear Tree Cottage Saxon Lane Seaford East Sussex BN25 1QL. Lewes has handled 406 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 3 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in the Seaford (Town Centre) conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications 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.

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 1QL
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Seaford

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 September 2023
Consultation expiry
10 November 2023
Consultation start
3 October 2023
Consultation end
31 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
4 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
1 November 2023
Last date for comments
10 November 2023
Target decision date
1 December 2023
Permission expires
1 December 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bell Cornwell LLP
Agent address
Unit 2 Meridian Office Park Osborn Way Hook RG27 9HY

Planning decision

Statutory period
80 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 October 2023
Advertisement expiry
10 November 2023
Site notice start
6 October 2023
Site notice end
27 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12408505
Documents
17
Constraints
44

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    12 Sep

    Replacement of the existing roof, rebuilding of 2no. chimneys and partial reconstruction of front elevation…

    ApprovedHouseholderFiled alongsideLW/23/0544
  2. 2023
    12 Sep

    Replacement of the existing roof, rebuilding of 2no. chimneys and partial reconstruction of front elevation…

    This applicationApprovedHeritageLW/23/0545

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