The Old Post Office Deadmantree Hill Barcombe East Sussex BN8 4SS
Approved on 8 January 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Discharge of Condition 2 (Archaeology - WSI) in relation to approval LW/25/0240
- Received
- 12 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Lewes District Council
- Ward
- Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey
- Agent
- Stephen Langer Architects
- ReceivedReceived12 Nov
- ValidatedValidated12 Nov
- Consult.Consultation26 Dec
- TargetTarget Date3 Dec
- DecidedDecided8 Jan
Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to discharge conditions at The Old Post Office Deadmantree Hill Barcombe East Sussex BN8 4SS. Lewes has handled 582 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in the Hamsey (Cooksbridge) conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey. We hold 1,969 applications in total for the BN8 postcode area.
99% of conditions 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 4SS
- Application type
- Discharge Of Conditions Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Barcombe
- District
- LW/25/0240
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 2 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 28 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 26 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 31 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 2 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 3 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Stephen Langer Architects
- Architect profile
- STEPHEN LANGER ASSOCIATES LTD
- Agent address
- York Cottage Major Yorks Road Tunbridge Wells TN2 5TP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 5 December 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 2 January 2026
- Site notice start
- 11 December 2025
- Site notice end
- 1 January 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14473252
- Documents
- 5
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Hamsey (Cooksbridge)
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Source: Lewes
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