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Lyes Cottage, Shortgate Lane, Laughton, Lewes, BN8 6DF

WD/2026/1894/FFullApproved

Approved on 27 October 2026

Council decision: Approval7 conditions

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

Proposal

DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE AND SINGLE-STOREY EXTENSIONS; ERECTION OF A TWO-STOREY SIDE EXTENSION AND SINGLE-STOREY REAR EXTENSION, WITH ROOFLIGHTS, REPLACEMENT WINDOWS AND NEW HARDSTANDING TO PROVIDE TWO OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES.

Received
18 September 2026
Ward
Arlington
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Nov
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at LYES COTTAGE, SHORTGATE LANE, LAUGHTON, LEWES, BN8 6DF. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across Arlington. We hold 1,971 applications in total for the BN8 postcode area.

86% of full applications at Wealden District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BN8 6DF
Application type
Full
Parish
Laughton

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2026
Target decision date
19 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Lyes Cottage Shortgate Lane Laughton Lewes BN8 6DF

Planning decision

Case officer
Mr T Chicken

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 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.

Source: Wealden

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