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43-45 Cinque Ports Street, Rye TN31 7AD

RR/2025/669/PFullApproved

Approved on 29 September 2025

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

Proposal

Refurbishment of exterior paintwork to both 43 and 45 Cinque Port Street. Rebranding of Jempson's Cafe to Rye Bakery to 45 Cinque Ports Street. Change of use from Suis Generis to Class E for 43 Cinque Port Street to provide additional seating for the bakery and coffee shop

Received
16 April 2025
Ward
Received
  1. Received16 Apr
  2. Validated27 May
  3. Consult.18 Jul
  4. Target17 Sep
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 125 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 43-45 Cinque Ports Street, Rye TN31 7AD. Rother has handled 3,756 applications of this type. This one was decided in 166 days, 14 weeks longer than Rother's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,287 applications in total for the TN31 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
TN31 7AD
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
RYE

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 May 2025
Consultation expiry
18 July 2025
Consultation end
18 July 2025
Target decision date
17 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Engaging Interiors Limited Attn: Mr C Williams, Flat 13, Priory House Mountfield Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 2UU

Planning decision

Statutory period
113 days

Appeal history

6002467
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 17 June 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: granted

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    16 Apr

    Refurbishment of exterior paintwork to both 43 and 45 Cinque Port Street. Rebranding of Jempson's Cafe to Rye…

    This applicationConditionsFullRR/2025/669/P
  2. 2025
    16 Apr

    Refurbishment of exterior paintwork to both 43 and 45 Cinque Port Street. Rebranding of Jempson's Cafe to Rye…

    RefusedHeritageFiled alongsideRR/2025/670/L

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