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1, Preston Cottages Watermill Lane, Bexhill, Bexhill-on-sea, East Sussex, TN39 5JA

RR/2025/1805/LDPLawful Development Certificate ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved

Council decision: LAWFUL DC APPROVED

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

Proposal

Dormer loft conversion to form roof space accommodation only - no change of access or other external works at ground level.

Received
30 September 2025
Ward
Sidley
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 1, Preston Cottages Watermill Lane, Bexhill, Bexhill-on-sea, East Sussex, TN39 5JA. Rother has handled 121 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 30 September 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Sidley. We hold 250 applications in total for the TN39 postcode area.

85% of outline 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 5JA
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed
Parish
Bexhill

Planning application dates

Validated
30 September 2025

Planning decision

Decision
LAWFUL DC APPROVED

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.

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: Rother

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