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Sutton Place Eastbourne Road Seaford East Sussex

LW/23/0599Listed Building Consent ApplicationApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 25 June 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Phased development comprising the demolition of West Wing and northern additions (phase 1) reinstatement of soffit/eaves to western elevation and re-roofing of the building (phase 2) and, conversion and change of use of Sutton Place into 5 No. residential units (phase 3)

Received
3 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Seaford East
Agent
Bloomfields Chartered Town Planners
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated3 Oct
  3. Consult.7 Nov
  4. Target28 Nov
  5. Decided25 Jun

Decided in 266 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Sutton Place Eastbourne Road Seaford East Sussex. Lewes has handled 406 applications of this type. This one was decided in 266 days, 30 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Seaford East.

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

Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seaford

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 October 2023
Consultation expiry
17 November 2023
Consultation start
10 October 2023
Consultation end
7 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
10 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
7 November 2023
Last date for comments
17 November 2023
Target decision date
28 November 2023
Permission expires
25 June 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bloomfields Chartered Town Planners
Agent address
Helix House High Street Wadhurst TN5 6AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 October 2023
Advertisement expiry
17 November 2023
Site notice start
11 October 2023
Site notice end
1 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12468129
Documents
34
Constraints
124

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    3 Oct

    Phased development comprising the demolition of West Wing and northern additions (phase 1) reinstatement of…

    RefusedPlanning ApplicationFiled alongsideLW/23/0598
  2. 2023
    3 Oct

    Phased development comprising the demolition of West Wing and northern additions (phase 1) reinstatement of…

    This applicationApprovedHeritageLW/23/0599

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