7 Smugglers Close Alfriston East Sussex BN26 5TG
Approved on 30 March 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Erection of a single storey rear extension and loft conversion.
- Received
- 27 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- East Dean Ward
- Agent
- Paul Goodenough Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived27 Jan
- ValidatedValidated2 Feb
- Consult.Consultation4 Mar
- TargetTarget Date30 Mar
- DecidedDecided30 Mar
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 7 Smugglers Close Alfriston East Sussex BN26 5TG. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across East Dean Ward. We hold 895 applications in total for the BN26 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
- BN26 5TG
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Alfriston Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 4 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 30 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 30 March 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Paul Goodenough Architects Ltd
- Architect profile
- PAUL GOODENOUGH ARCHITECTS LTD
- Agent address
- Sovereign House Avenue Lane Eastbourne BN21 3UL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14649818
- Documents
- 19
Site constraints
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.
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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