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Fives Courts Lancing College College Drive Lancing West Sussex

SDNP/23/01538/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 10 July 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Full planning and listed building consent application for the proposed conversion of 2 No. Fives Courts into a student cafe, refurbishment of Fives Court building, a covered informal seating area in the Seconds Quad, and a proposed landscaping and biodiversity enhancement strategy.

Received
12 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Manor Ward
Agent
Lewis and Co Planning SE Ltd
  1. Received12 Apr
  2. Validated19 Apr
  3. Consult.2 Jun
  4. Target14 Jun
  5. Decided10 Jul

Decided in 82 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Fives Courts Lancing College College Drive Lancing West Sussex. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 5 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 2 applications across Manor Ward.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lancing Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 April 2023
Last date for comments
2 June 2023
Target decision date
14 June 2023
Permission expires
10 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lewis and Co Planning SE Ltd
Agent address
Lewis & Co Planning 2 Port Hall Road Brighton BN1 5PD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12078580
Documents
50
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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. 2023
    12 Apr

    Full planning and listed building consent application for the proposed conversion of 2 No. Fives Courts into…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consentSDNP/23/01538/FUL
  2. 2023
    12 Apr

    Full planning and listed building consent application for the proposed conversion of 2 No. Fives Courts into…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideSDNP/23/01539/LIS

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