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15 Mercread Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 1AB

LW/26/0059Householder Planning PermissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 30 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing single story side and rear extension and the erection of a single storey side and rear extension and front porch

Received
10 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Seaford South
  1. Received10 Feb
  2. Validated10 Feb
  3. Consult.12 Mar
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided30 Mar

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 15 Mercread Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 1AB. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Lewes's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Seaford South. We hold 1,428 applications in total for the BN25 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
BN25 1AB
Application type
Householder Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seaford

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 February 2026
Consultation expiry
13 March 2026
Consultation start
12 February 2026
Consultation end
12 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
13 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
13 March 2026
Last date for comments
13 March 2026
Target decision date
31 March 2026
Permission expires
30 March 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Flat 1 73 Carshalton Road Sutton Surrey SM1 4LH

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 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-14688029
Documents
15
Constraints
9

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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