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Garage Compound Western Road Newhaven East Sussex

LW/24/0626Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 19 March 2025

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of garage compound and construction of 5no. dwellings

Received
3 October 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
3
Ward
Newhaven South
Agent
Mohsin Cooper Ltd
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated18 Oct
  3. Consult.28 Feb
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 152 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Garage Compound Western Road Newhaven East Sussex. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 167 days, 16 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Newhaven South.

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

Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Newhaven

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 October 2024
Consultation expiry
28 February 2025
Consultation start
28 February 2025
Consultation end
28 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start
28 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
22 November 2024
Last date for comments
28 February 2025
Target decision date
19 March 2025
Committee meeting
12 March 2025
Permission expires
19 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mohsin Cooper Ltd
Architect profile
MOHSIN COOPER LIMITED
Agent address
7 Hove Manor Parade Hove Street Hove BN3 2DF

Planning decision

Statutory period
152 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 October 2024
Advertisement expiry
22 November 2024
Site notice start
26 October 2024
Site notice end
16 November 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13004394
Documents
50
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Garage Compound, Western Road, NewhavenRegister site at or near this address
  • 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.

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.

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