Fitzgerald House Croft Lane Seaford East Sussex BN25 1SB

LW/24/0647Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 29 January 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Removal of paving/flower beds where abutting the buildings envelope, cut down existing paving slabs to form a free-draining gap with pea shingle and land drain below, hard and soft landscaping to front and rear of Block 3, localised remedial works to flint/brickwork boundary walls to the north and west boundaries, replace concrete slab between blocks 2 and 3 and renew surface water drains, install 1.2m high metal fence and gate to external store area, remove external steps and replace with nominal ramps and reinstatement of a historic chimney to the west elevation

Received: 15 October 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Lewes District Council
Ward: Seaford South
Agent: G3 Architecture

ReceivedReceived15 Oct
ValidatedValidated26 Nov
Consult.Consultation1 Jan
TargetTarget Date31 Jan
DecidedDecided29 Jan

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Fitzgerald House Croft Lane Seaford East Sussex BN25 1SB. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 7 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in the Seaford (Town Centre) conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Seaford South. 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 1SB
Application type: Planning Application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Seaford

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 November 2024
Consultation expiry: 10 January 2025
Consultation start: 4 December 2024
Consultation end: 1 January 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 9 December 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 6 January 2025
Last date for comments: 10 January 2025
Target decision date: 31 January 2025
Permission expires: 29 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: G3 Architecture
Architect profile: G3 ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address: 26 Sutton Park Road Seaford BN25 1QU

Planning decision

Statutory period: 66 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 13 December 2024
Advertisement expiry: 10 January 2025
Site notice start: 10 December 2024
Site notice end: 31 December 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13461062
Documents: 49
Constraints: 24

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Seaford (Town Centre)
Listed building: Grade II: Numbers 1-14 Fizgerald HouseOn this site
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 (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.

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ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideLW/24/0648

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Lewes

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