Ham Cottage Slugwash Lane Wivelsfield East Sussex RH17 7RG
Approved on 7 August 2026
5 conditions
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Proposal
Change of use from existing stables into single-storey habitable space including external and fenestration alterations
- Received
- 11 March 2026
- Council
- Lewes District Council
- Ward
- Wivelsfield
- Agent
- KLW Ltd
- ReceivedReceived11 Mar
- ValidatedValidated22 Apr
- Consult.Consultation29 May
- TargetTarget Date17 Jun
- DecidedDecided7 Aug
Decided in 107 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Ham Cottage Slugwash Lane Wivelsfield East Sussex RH17 7RG. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 149 days, 13 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Wivelsfield. We hold 1,686 applications in total for the RH17 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
- RH17 7RG
- Application type
- Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wivelsfield
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 3 June 2026
- Consultation start
- 1 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 29 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 June 2026
- Last date for comments
- 3 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 17 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- KLW Ltd
- Agent address
- Ridgers Barn Bunny Lane Eridge Tunbridge Wells TN3 9HA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 1 May 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 29 May 2026
- Site notice start
- 13 May 2026
- Site notice end
- 3 June 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14759916
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 38
Site constraints
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.
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Associated applications
- 20268 Sep
Non-material amendment of application LW/26/0127
ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentLW/26/0471 - 202611 Mar
Change of use from existing stables into single-storey habitable space including external and fenestration…
This applicationApprovedFullLW/26/0127
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Consultants on this application
- KLW Ltd · Agent for this application
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