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Balneath Barn Farm Balneath Manor Lane South Chailey East Sussex BN8 4AP

LW/25/0631Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Erection of 1no. two-storey detached dwelling for a farm worker

Received
24 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.10 Feb
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 87 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Balneath Barn Farm Balneath Manor Lane South Chailey East Sussex BN8 4AP. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications 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.

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
BN8 4AP
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Chailey

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2025
Consultation expiry
10 February 2026
Consultation start
13 January 2026
Consultation end
10 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
21 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
19 December 2025
Last date for comments
10 February 2026
Target decision date
16 February 2026
Permission expires
13 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bloomfields
Agent address
Helix House High Street Wadhurst TN5 6AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
90 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 November 2025
Advertisement expiry
19 December 2025
Site notice start
24 November 2025
Site notice end
15 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14234735
Documents
38
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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