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Fieldings 18 Firle Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 2HJ

LW/23/0699Householder Planning PermissionRefused
Householder

Refused on 19 July 2024

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Rebuilding of the front garden wall, relocation of vehicular and pedestrian access points including associated landscaping

Received
15 November 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
4
Ward
Seaford North
Agent
Darren Moore Architectural Services
  1. Received15 Nov
  2. Validated23 Nov
  3. Consult.28 Jun
  4. Target11 Jan
  5. Decided19 Jul

Decided in 239 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Fieldings 18 Firle Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 2HJ. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 247 days, 27 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in the Seaford (East Blatchington) conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Seaford North. 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 2HJ
Application type
Householder Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seaford

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 November 2023
Consultation expiry
28 June 2024
Consultation start
31 May 2024
Consultation end
28 June 2024
Neighbour consultation start
31 May 2024
Neighbour consultation end
22 December 2023
Last date for comments
28 June 2024
Target decision date
11 January 2024
Committee meeting
12 June 2024

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
49 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 December 2023
Advertisement expiry
29 December 2023
Site notice start
27 November 2023
Site notice end
18 December 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
APPEAL/24/0023
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Appeal history

3350061
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 6 December 2024Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12602196
Documents
27
Constraints
59

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Seaford (East Blatchington)
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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.

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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
    20 Dec

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (external materials), 4 (landscaping) and 5 (surface water) of Planning Appeal…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsLW/24/0805/CD
  2. 2023
    15 Nov

    Rebuilding of the front garden wall, relocation of vehicular and pedestrian access points including…

    This applicationRefusedFullLW/23/0699

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