Rotherfield Wood Yard Mill Lane Fletching East Sussex
Approved on 18 July 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from Use Class E (offices or craft workshop) to Use Class E
- Received
- 9 May 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Lewes District Council
- Ward
- Newick
- Agent
- Lewis and Co Planning
- ReceivedReceived9 May
- ValidatedValidated29 May
- Consult.Consultation30 Jun
- TargetTarget Date24 Jul
- DecidedDecided18 Jul
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Rotherfield Wood Yard Mill Lane Fletching East Sussex. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Newick.
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
- Newick
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 4 July 2025
- Consultation start
- 2 June 2025
- Consultation end
- 30 June 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 4 June 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 2 July 2025
- Last date for comments
- 4 July 2025
- Target decision date
- 24 July 2025
- Permission expires
- 18 July 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Lewis and Co Planning
- Agent address
- Lewis & Co Planning 2 Port Hall Road Brighton BN1 5PD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 6 June 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 4 July 2025
- Site notice start
- 5 June 2025
- Site notice end
- 26 June 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13939241
- Documents
- 18
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Ancient woodland: rotherfield woodPart of the 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 (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, 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.
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