29A High Street Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9PD
Approved on 10 February 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of retail unit from Class E premises (ground floor only) to Sui Generis with internal changes to the layout including addition of a bar and toilets for customer use
- Received
- 28 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Lewes District Council
- Ward
- Newhaven South
- ReceivedReceived28 Nov
- ValidatedValidated8 Jan
- Consult.Consultation6 Feb
- TargetTarget Date5 Mar
- DecidedDecided10 Feb
Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 29A High Street Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9PD. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Newhaven South. We hold 97 applications in total for the BN9 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
- BN9 9PD
- Application type
- Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Newhaven Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 6 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 9 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 6 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 6 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 5 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 10 February 2029
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 9 January 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 6 February 2026
- Site notice start
- 12 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 2 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14505181
- Documents
- 12
- Constraints
- 22
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: 1 Meeching Road, NewhavenRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
- 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, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.
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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© 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.
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Source: Lewes
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