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Old School House Upper Belgrave Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3AD

LW/23/0760Householder Planning PermissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 28 March 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing side porch, replacement with single storey side infill extension to connect existing outbuilding to main dwelling, removal of existing dormers, with installation of replacement dormers at rear and side elevations and 2no. additional side dormers, removal of existing roof light with installation of 2no. rooflights at side elevation and 1no at front elevation, alterations to fenestration at side elevation and internal layout, recladding of roof at ground floor level and extension of driveway at front elevation

Received
7 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Seaford North
  1. Received7 Dec
  2. Validated11 Jan
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target29 Feb
  5. Decided28 Mar

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Old School House Upper Belgrave Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3AD. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in the Seaford (East Blatchington) conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 3AD
Application type
Householder Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seaford

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 January 2024
Consultation expiry
13 February 2024
Consultation start
12 January 2024
Consultation end
9 February 2024
Neighbour consultation start
16 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end
13 February 2024
Last date for comments
13 February 2024
Target decision date
29 February 2024
Permission expires
28 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
TAATE
Agent address
Tannergate, Priory Road Wantage OX12 9DD

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 January 2024
Advertisement expiry
9 February 2024
Site notice start
17 January 2024
Site notice end
7 February 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12301854
Documents
13
Constraints
14

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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© 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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