97 London Road, Bexhill TN39 3LB

RR/2025/261/PFullRefused

Refused on 9 April 2025

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

Proposal

Change of use from existing outbuilding at rear to residential small unit.

Received: 12 February 2025
Council: Rother District Council
Ward: Received

ReceivedReceived12 Feb
ValidatedValidated12 Feb
Consult.Consultation3 Apr
TargetTarget Date9 Apr
DecidedDecided9 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 97 London Road, Bexhill TN39 3LB. Rother has handled 3,756 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.

87% of full 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 3LB
Application type: Full
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Central

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 February 2025
Consultation expiry: 3 April 2025
Consultation end: 3 April 2025
Target decision date: 9 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Building Plan Design Ltd Attn: Mrs M Ryan 25 Long Beach Close Sovereign Harbour North Eastbourne BN23 5QA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Article 4 direction: Rother District Council (Houses in Multiple Occupation, Bexhill, East Sussex) Article 4 D…
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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