Planning application
29 South Coast Road Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8SZ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application under Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA - to determine if prior approval is required for change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 1no. ground floor flat (Use Class C3)
As published by the council, reference LW/26/0071
Application record
- Reference
- LW/26/0071
- Type
- Prior Approval from Office to Dwelling
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 12 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 12 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 31 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Peacehaven East
- Parish
- Peacehaven
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- BN10 8SZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
12 Feb 2026
Received by Lewes
-
31 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Approved
-
25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Lewis and Co Planning SE Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy
93 applications on PlanIndex · across 13 councils · 77% granted
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Lewes granted permission on 31 March 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
-
28 Seaview Road Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8QL
Construction of 1no. front dormer, addition of 1no. rear window and 1no. side rooflight, and creation of driveway with dropped kerb
Granted Householder Loft or dormer Windows or glazing 19 docsSmall domestic -
Advertising Right 2405 0025 Opposite 21A South Coast Road Peacehaven East Sussex
Installation of internally illuminated double-sided digital panels as part of the bus stop advertisement
Granted Advertising 24 docs -
36 South Coast Road Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8SU
Change of use of ground floor of building from retail (E Class) to residential (C3), to accommodate 5 No. self-contained flats
Granted Prior approval New dwelling 15 docs -
36 South Coast Road Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8SU
Demolition of existing shopfront and signage, and installation of new timber glazed shopfront and front doors, new windows and doors in existing shutter door openings, replace all existing windows at ground floor level, and install new window to rear, raise part of flat roof at rear to match existing adjoining roof level, demolish existing fence and erect new timber perimeter fence, construct 2 external bin stores, install 4 external cycle stores
Granted Full applications Demolition Windows or glazing 16 docsSmall domestic -
71 Ashington Gardens Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8UG
erection of single storey extension to rear and side
Granted Householder Extension 6 docsSmall domestic -
37 Cornwall Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8SG
Erection of a conservatory at rear
Granted Full applications Extension
Other prior approval applications
In Lewes
-
LW/26/0465 Awaiting decision
Chailey Heritage Clinical Services Beggars Wood Road Chailey East Sussex BN8 4JN
Prior Notification Under The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J for the installation of solar equipment across three roof spaces
-
LW/26/0460 Awaiting decision
Tanglewood Farm Jackies Lane Newick East Sussex BN8 4QX
Application under Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA - to determine if prior approval is required for change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 1no dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)
-
LW/26/0375 Granted
Jenners Farm Ashurst Lane Plumpton East Sussex BN7 3AL
Change of use from the existing agricultural building to a flexible use for storage and distribution
-
LW/26/0347 Granted
Middle Farm Eastbourne Road Firle East Sussex BN8 6LJ
Change the use of 2no. existing agricultural barns to a flexible commercial use, including the division of each building to create 4no. commercial units
-
LW/26/0280 Granted
Rock House Tilehouse Lane Newick East Sussex BN8 4RD
Prior notification for use of land as a 60 day campsite between the following dates: May 29-31, July 21-27 and August 27-28