17 Pelham Place Pelham Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 1LH

LW/24/0506Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 17 October 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use from bank (basement floor) to basement floor flat

Received: 5 August 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: Lewes District Council
Ward: Seaford Central
Agent: Shear Architectural Design

ReceivedReceived5 Aug
ValidatedValidated2 Sep
Consult.Consultation1 Oct
TargetTarget Date28 Oct
DecidedDecided17 Oct

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 17 Pelham Place Pelham Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 1LH. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 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 1LH
Application type: Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Seaford

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 September 2024
Consultation expiry: 4 October 2024
Consultation start: 3 September 2024
Consultation end: 1 October 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 3 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 1 October 2024
Last date for comments: 4 October 2024
Target decision date: 28 October 2024
Permission expires: 17 October 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent: Shear Architectural Design
Architect profile: SHEAR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address: Unit Echo 3 Maritime House Basin Road North Portslade BN41 1WR

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 6 September 2024
Advertisement expiry: 4 October 2024
Site notice start: 4 September 2024
Site notice end: 25 September 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13298321
Documents: 12
Constraints: 32

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Brownfield land register: The Shore, 7 Dane Road, SeafordRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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5 Aug
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This applicationApprovedFullLW/24/0506

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5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Lewes

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