4 Church Street Seaford East Sussex BN25 1HD

LW/23/0697Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 14 June 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use from residential to holiday let

Received: 15 November 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 3
Council: Lewes District Council
Ward: Seaford Central
Agent: Asher Planning Ltd

ReceivedReceived15 Nov
ValidatedValidated23 Nov
Consult.Consultation29 Dec
TargetTarget Date18 Jun
DecidedDecided14 Jun

Decided in 204 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 4 Church Street Seaford East Sussex BN25 1HD. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 212 days, 22 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in the Seaford (Town Centre) conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Seaford Central. 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 1HD
Application type: Planning Application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Seaford

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 November 2023
Consultation expiry: 5 January 2024
Consultation start: 1 December 2023
Consultation end: 29 December 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 6 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 3 January 2024
Last date for comments: 5 January 2024
Target decision date: 18 June 2024
Permission expires: 14 June 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent: Asher Planning Ltd
Agent address: 2 De Grey Close Lewes BN7 2JR

Planning decision

Statutory period: 208 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 8 December 2023
Advertisement expiry: 5 January 2024
Site notice start: 7 December 2023
Site notice end: 28 December 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12598635
Documents: 18
Constraints: 29

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: Seaford (Town Centre)
Listed building: Grade II: Alma House Phoenix Corner HouseOn or next to this site · +2 more

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.

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