Planning application
The Former Conservative Hall 41 Sea Road East Preston BN16 1JN
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Changes to the parking layout with the addition of new grasscrete permeable parking area to the north and south sides of the building, which has permission to be used as a funeral chapel, to increase parking provision to 22 spaces (including a disabled space), and for improved hearse access, fencing to side boundaries and replacement planting to north side. This application may affect the setting of a listed building and is in CIL Zone 4 (Zero Rated) as other development.
As published by the council, reference EP/101/25/PL
Application record
- Reference
- EP/101/25/PL
- Type
- Full
- Status
- ApproveConditionally
- Decision
- Permitted
- Received
- 22 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 29 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 14 Jan 2026
- Parish
- East Preston
- Postcode
- BN16 1JN
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Oct 2025
Received by Arun
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29 Oct 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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14 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Permitted
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
Documents on file for this application
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The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About full applications applications
How this application type works
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go: siting, design, access and landscaping are all fixed at this stage. It is the standard route for new buildings, conversions and changes of use. The statutory target is eight weeks for smaller schemes and thirteen weeks for major development, though complex cases often take longer by agreement.
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