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LW/21/0204

Land To The South Of Knowlands Farm Granary Spithurst Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5EF

Refused Lewes Agricultural Notification Application

Proposal

Prior notification under The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 6 for a Non permanent flat roofed wooden building, part clad in wood and glass, 3 polytunnels 2.8m high, 6m wide and 21m long (area 378m2)

As published by the council, reference LW/21/0204

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 5 Mar 2021

    Received by Lewes

  2. 31 Mar 2021

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 21 Jul 2021

    Decision issued: Prior Approval Refused

  4. 28 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

What refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

About other applications

How this application type works

This application sits outside the common categories, which can include county matters such as minerals and waste, works by statutory undertakers, demolition notifications and other less frequent procedures. The council record linked below sets out the specific procedure that applies, and the description above is taken directly from the published register.

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