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Horns Lodge South Street South Chailey East Sussex BN8 4BD

LW/26/0024Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replacement of existing outbuildings to form 2no. end of terrace cottages

Received
15 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey
Agent
Life Size Architecture
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.12 Mar
  4. Target9 Apr
  5. Decided7 Apr

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Horns Lodge South Street South Chailey East Sussex BN8 4BD. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 4 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 4BD
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chailey

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2026
Consultation expiry
13 March 2026
Consultation start
12 February 2026
Consultation end
12 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
12 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
12 March 2026
Last date for comments
13 March 2026
Target decision date
9 April 2026
Permission expires
7 April 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Life Size Architecture
Architect profile
LIFE SIZE ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
Office 3 Level 6NE 44 North Road Brighton BN1 1YE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
13 March 2026
Site notice start
19 February 2026
Site notice end
12 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14615920
Documents
32
Constraints
53

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

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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: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    13 Jun

    Conversion of Horns Lodge to form four terraced cottages with separate parking land

    ApprovedPlanning ApplicationLW/24/0402
  2. 2016
    8 Sep

    Erection of single storey dwelling

    ApprovedPlanning ApplicationLW/16/0781
  3. 2010
    18 Mar

    Installation of a free standing aluminium double door glazed notice board

    ApprovedPlanning ApplicationLW/10/0327
  4. 2007
    8 Nov

    Erection of two detached houses with garages (Plot 1 with integral garage & Plot 2 with detached garage)…

    RefusedPlanning ApplicationLW/07/1431
  5. 2007
    1 Jun

    Erection of three x three bedroom dwellings with garages and associated parking

    WithdrawnPlanning ApplicationLW/07/0707
  6. 2005
    20 Jun

    Erection of a single storey rear extension for community room (renewal of unimplemented planning permission…

    ApprovedPlanning ApplicationLW/05/1278

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