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4 Newick Drive Newick East Sussex BN8 4PA

LW/25/0727Householder Planning PermissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 26 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Part retrospective application for conversion of garage into living space with raising of roof height, addition of 2no. rooflights, alterations to fenestration and front porch

Received
16 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newick
Agent
Belmont Designs Practice Ltd
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated16 Dec
  3. Consult.16 Jan
  4. Target3 Feb
  5. Decided26 Jan

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at 4 Newick Drive Newick East Sussex BN8 4PA. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker 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. 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 4PA
Application type
Householder Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newick

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 December 2025
Consultation expiry
21 January 2026
Consultation start
19 December 2025
Consultation end
16 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
24 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
21 January 2026
Last date for comments
21 January 2026
Target decision date
3 February 2026
Permission expires
26 January 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Belmont Designs Practice Ltd
Agent address
37 Ashenground Road Haywards Heath RH16 4PS

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
16 January 2026
Site notice start
29 December 2025
Site notice end
19 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14566016
Documents
10
Constraints
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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