Highbury Farm Markstakes Lane Chailey East Sussex BN8 4BS

LW/26/0264Approval of Reserved Matters ApplicationApproved

Reserved matters

Approved on 20 July 2026

Delegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Reserved matters application for appearance and landscaping of plot 2 only, relating to Outline application LW/22/0089 - for the erection of 3no self-build dwellinghouses

Received: 18 May 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Lewes District Council
Ward: Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey
Agent: Glyn Doughty Design

ReceivedReceived18 May
ValidatedValidated26 May
Consult.Consultation14 Jul
TargetTarget Date21 Jul
DecidedDecided20 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Highbury Farm Markstakes Lane Chailey East Sussex BN8 4BS. Lewes has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Lewes's typical decision time. There have been 15 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey. We hold 1,970 applications in total for the BN8 postcode area.

86% of outline 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 4BS
Application type: Approval of Reserved Matters Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Chailey

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 May 2026
Consultation expiry: 17 July 2026
Consultation start: 16 June 2026
Consultation end: 14 July 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 16 June 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 14 July 2026
Last date for comments: 17 July 2026
Target decision date: 21 July 2026
Permission expires: 20 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: Glyn Doughty Design
Agent address: 25 Vicarage Hill Westerham TN16 1TL

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 19 June 2026
Advertisement expiry: 17 July 2026
Site notice start: 23 June 2026
Site notice end: 14 July 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14936811
Documents: 19
Constraints: 46

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.

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