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Bantams Spithurst Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5EE

LW/24/0003Householder Planning PermissionRefused
Householder

Refused on 8 March 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of rear garage and garden room and erection of single storey annexe building.

Received
8 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated8 Jan
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target26 Feb
  5. Decided8 Mar

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Bantams Spithurst Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5EE. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Lewes's typical decision time. There have been 5 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 5EE
Application type
Householder Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Barcombe

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 January 2024
Consultation expiry
16 February 2024
Consultation start
12 January 2024
Consultation end
9 February 2024
Neighbour consultation start
18 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end
15 February 2024
Last date for comments
16 February 2024
Target decision date
26 February 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 January 2024
Advertisement expiry
16 February 2024
Site notice start
19 January 2024
Site notice end
9 February 2024

Appeal

Appeal reference
APPEAL/24/0006
Appeal status
Decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3341503
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 20 May 2024Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12711586
Documents
12
Constraints
41

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

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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.

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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    27 Nov

    Demolition and replacement of single storey outbuilding to be used as a home-working studio

    RefusedHouseholderLW/25/0686
  2. 2023
    17 Oct

    Demolition of rear garage and garden room and erection of single storey dwelling

    RefusedPlanning ApplicationLW/23/0637
  3. 2023
    9 Mar

    Demolition of existing outbuilding and replacement annex for use ancillary to the main dwelling

    RefusedHouseholderLW/23/0142
  4. 2022
    23 Dec

    Demolition of double garage and outbuildings and erection of detached dwelling to be used as Annex ancillary…

    WithdrawnPlanning ApplicationLW/22/0843
  5. 2019
    12 Apr

    Extension of the roof space and create a larger first floor, repositioning of front door, replacement…

    ApprovedPlanning ApplicationLW/19/0285

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