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Bantams Spithurst Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5EE

Refused Lewes LW/25/0686 Householder Planning Permission

Works: Demolition Small domestic

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Demolition and replacement of single storey outbuilding to be used as a home-working studio

As published by the council, reference LW/25/0686

Application record

Reference
LW/25/0686
Type
Householder Planning Permission
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused
Received
27 Nov 2025
Validated
27 Nov 2025
Decided
2 Feb 2026
Ward
Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey
Parish
Barcombe
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
BN8 5EE

Site history

Applications at this address on the Lewes register

This site has had 2 applications since 2022: 0 approved, 1 refused.

  • LW/22/0843 Withdrawn

    Bantams Spithurst Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5EE

    Demolition of double garage and outbuildings and erection of detached dwelling to be used as Annex ancillary to the main dwelling

    Decided 8 Feb 2023 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 27 Nov 2025

    Received by Lewes

  2. 2 Feb 2026

    Decision issued: Refused

  3. 25 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Ben Jones Architects Agent, an architecture practice

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

11 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Lewes refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About householder applications

Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.

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