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8 The Covers Seaford East Sussex BN25 1DF

LW/25/0199GPD - ExtensionsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 8 August 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Notification under The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A for a single storey rear extension to measure 5.50m total length, 2.80m eaves height and 3.00m total height

Received
1 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Seaford South
Agent
Light Design Services
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated1 Apr
  3. Consult.1 May
  4. Target13 May
  5. Decided8 Aug

Decided in 129 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 8 The Covers Seaford East Sussex BN25 1DF. Lewes has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 129 days, 10 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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
BN25 1DF
Application type
GPD - Extensions
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seaford

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 April 2025
Consultation expiry
1 May 2025
Neighbour consultation start
10 April 2025
Neighbour consultation end
1 May 2025
Last date for comments
1 May 2025
Target decision date
13 May 2025
Permission expires
8 August 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Light Design Services
Architect profile
LIGHT DESIGN SERVICES LIMITED
Agent address
4 Tollgate Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8ED

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13907632
Documents
6
Constraints
19

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)

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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