Eastwood Lodge, Maple Avenue, Bexhill TN39 4ST

RR/2023/2444/OAmendmentRefused

Lawful development certificate

Refused on 19 January 2024

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Lawful development certificate for a proposed partial garage conversion to form annexe/garden room - ancillary to main dwelling.

Received: 24 November 2023
Council: Rother District Council

ReceivedReceived24 Nov
ValidatedValidated24 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date19 Jan
DecidedDecided19 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Eastwood Lodge, Maple Avenue, Bexhill TN39 4ST. Rother has handled 327 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 2 weeks quicker than Rother's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 250 applications in total for the TN39 postcode area.

63% of amendment applications at Rother District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: TN39 4ST
Application type: Amendment
Scale / size: Small
Parish: St Marks

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 November 2023
Target decision date: 19 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address: HOUSE - Design & Architecture Attn: Mr Sam Boobier 21 Cooden Sea Road Little Common Bexhill on sea TN39 4SJ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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Source: Rother

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