Sacred Heart Church Fort Road Newhaven East Sussex
Approved on 30 January 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of Use from F1(f) (Place of Worship) to C3 (Dwelling House) and creation of 4 No. dwellings
- Received
- 4 November 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Lewes District Council
- Ward
- Newhaven South
- Agent
- Abbey Architecture
- ReceivedReceived4 Nov
- ValidatedValidated21 Nov
- Consult.Consultation31 Dec
- TargetTarget Date16 Jan
- DecidedDecided30 Jan
Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Sacred Heart Church Fort Road Newhaven East Sussex. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 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
- Small
- Parish
- Newhaven
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 November 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 31 December 2024
- Consultation start
- 3 December 2024
- Consultation end
- 31 December 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 28 November 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 26 December 2024
- Last date for comments
- 31 December 2024
- Target decision date
- 16 January 2025
- Permission expires
- 30 January 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Abbey Architecture
- Agent address
- 2 Winterhill Way Burpham Guildford Surrey GU4 7JX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 29 November 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 27 December 2024
- Site notice start
- 29 November 2024
- Site notice end
- 20 December 2024
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: Sacred Heart Church, Fort RoadRegister 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.
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