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A259 Eastbourne Road Exceat East Sussex

SDNP/25/05158/PA15BPrior Approval Electricity UndertakingsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 February 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Diversion of an existing high voltage underground cable.

Received
23 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Seaford East Ward
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.17 Feb
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at A259 Eastbourne Road Exceat East Sussex. South Downs has handled 1,978 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Seaford East Ward.

87% of outline 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
Prior Approval Electricity Undertakings
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seaford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2025
Last date for comments
17 February 2026
Target decision date
17 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
4

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
  • National park: South Downs
  • SSSI: Seaford to Beachy Head SSSIPart of the site
  • Heritage coast: SussexPart of the site

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

Also checked, none recorded (19)

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, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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.

Source: South Downs

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