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Rother Ironworks, South Undercliff, Rye TN31 7LR

RR/2025/289/OAmendmentRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 7 July 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for the existing use as a self-contained dwelling

Received
17 February 2025
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target23 May
  5. Decided7 Jul

Decided in 140 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Rother Ironworks, South Undercliff, Rye TN31 7LR. Rother has handled 327 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 10 weeks longer than Rother's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,287 applications in total for the TN31 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
TN31 7LR
Application type
Amendment
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
RYE

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2025
Consultation expiry
26 March 2025
Consultation end
26 March 2025
Target decision date
23 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
SWG Designs South East Ltd Attn: Mr S Goodsell 23 Goulds Drive Westfield East Sussex TN35 4QY

Planning decision

Statutory period
95 days

Additional information

Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Rye
  • Article 4 direction: Rother District Council (Rye Conservation Area, Rye, East Sussex) Article 4 Direction, 20…+1 more
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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