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Lower Kents Clappers Lane Fulking Henfield West Sussex BN5 9ND

SDNP/17/00844/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 27 June 2017

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use and conversion of existing building from office to residential.

Received
16 February 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Hurstpierpoint And Downs Ward
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.22 May
  4. Target22 May
  5. Decided27 Jun

Decided in 92 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Lower Kents Clappers Lane Fulking Henfield West Sussex BN5 9ND. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 131 days, 11 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,072 applications in total for the BN5 postcode area.

88% of full applications at South Downs were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BN5 9ND
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Fulking Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 March 2017
Last date for comments
22 May 2017
Target decision date
22 May 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Lower Breakwater Marine Parade Littlestone New Romney Kent TN28 8QW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal determined
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Additional information

Documents
57
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National park: South Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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 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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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    8 Oct

    Discharge of Conditions - Condition 3 of Planning Appeal Decision APP/Y9507/W/17/3192614

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/20/04357/DCOND
  2. 2017
    16 Feb

    Change of use and conversion of existing building from office to residential.

    This applicationRefusedFullSDNP/17/00844/FUL

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