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15 West Quay Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9DQ

LW/25/0047Planning ApplicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 11 March 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from a dwellinghouse (C3) to a children's care home (C2)

Received
5 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newhaven South
Agent
ALaw Planning
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated19 Feb
  3. Consult.20 Mar
  4. Target16 Apr
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 20 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 15 West Quay Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9DQ. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 34 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Newhaven South. We hold 97 applications in total for the BN9 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
BN9 9DQ
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newhaven

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 February 2025
Consultation expiry
21 March 2025
Consultation start
20 February 2025
Consultation end
20 March 2025
Neighbour consultation start
21 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
21 March 2025
Last date for comments
21 March 2025
Target decision date
16 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
ALaw Planning
Agent address
9 Mount Adon Park Lordship Lane London SE22 0DS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 February 2025
Advertisement expiry
21 March 2025
Site notice start
24 February 2025
Site notice end
17 March 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13730955
Documents
25
Constraints
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Sacred Heart Church, Fort RoadRegister site at or near this address

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

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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