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Railway Approach Newhaven East Sussex

LW/25/0599Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 8 January 2026

Planning committee

Proposal

Erection of gateway structures which highlight key public amenities including Newhaven Town Station, the Bus Interchange, the Ferry Port, entrances to The Sidings and Marine Workshops

Received
8 October 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Newhaven North
Agent
Studio ONB
  1. Received8 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.2 Jan
  4. Target8 Jan
  5. Decided8 Jan

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Railway Approach Newhaven East Sussex. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Newhaven North.

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
Medium
Parish
Newhaven Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2025
Consultation expiry
2 January 2026
Consultation start
22 December 2025
Consultation end
2 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
22 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
22 December 2025
Last date for comments
2 January 2026
Target decision date
8 January 2026
Committee meeting
7 January 2026
Permission expires
8 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Studio ONB
Architect profile
STUDIO ONB LIMITED
Agent address
217 Mare Street London E8 3QE

Planning decision

Statutory period
77 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
28 November 2025
Site notice start
31 October 2025
Site notice end
21 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14368200
Documents
23
Constraints
2

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 2: Medium 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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