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Downview Farmhouse Downview Farm Town Littleworth Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 4TD

LW/24/0775Prior Approval from AGR to DwellingsRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 4 February 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of Use of Buildings on Agricultural Units and former Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses (Class C3), which may include extension of the building and/or building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion

Received
10 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.13 Jan
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Downview Farmhouse Downview Farm Town Littleworth Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 4TD. Lewes has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey. We hold 1,970 applications in total for the BN8 postcode area.

86% of outline 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 4TD
Application type
Prior Approval from AGR to Dwellings
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Barcombe

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2024
Consultation expiry
17 January 2025
Consultation start
16 December 2024
Consultation end
13 January 2025
Neighbour consultation start
17 December 2024
Neighbour consultation end
7 January 2025
Last date for comments
17 January 2025
Target decision date
4 February 2025
Permission expires
4 February 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 42 Sussex Innovation Centre Science Park Square University Of Sussex Brighton BN1 9SB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 December 2024
Advertisement expiry
17 January 2025
Site notice start
18 December 2024
Site notice end
8 January 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13425635
Documents
11
Constraints
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Lewes

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