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Kings Court East Grinstead Road North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4DH

LW/23/0645Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 February 2024

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed conversion and extension of existing building used as offices and 2 residential flats to provide 9 residential flats

Received
23 October 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
1
Ward
Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey
Agent
Dowsettmayhew Planning Partnership
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.4 Mar
  4. Target29 Feb
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 116 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Kings Court East Grinstead Road North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4DH. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 116 days, 9 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. There have been 4 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.

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
BN8 4DH
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Chailey

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2023
Consultation expiry
4 March 2024
Consultation start
5 February 2024
Consultation end
4 March 2024
Neighbour consultation start
5 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end
27 November 2023
Last date for comments
27 November 2024
Target decision date
29 February 2024
Committee meeting
14 February 2024
Permission expires
16 February 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Dowsettmayhew Planning Partnership
Agent address
Mocatta House Trafalgar Place Brighton BN1 4DU

Planning decision

Statutory period
129 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 November 2023
Advertisement expiry
1 December 2023
Site notice start
31 October 2023
Site notice end
21 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12508454
Documents
53
Constraints
36

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.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Lewes

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