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St Johns School 64 Firle Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 2HU

Awaiting decision Lewes LW/26/0258 Planning Application

Works: Demolition

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Proposal

Demolition of existing vacant buildings and the construction of a specialist dementia care village (Use Class C2) with associated day care centre, communal facilities, access from Firle Road, car parking, landscaping and amenity space

As published by the council, reference LW/26/0258

Application record

Reference
LW/26/0258
Type
Planning Application
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
12 May 2026
Validated
2 Jun 2026
Ward
Seaford North
Parish
Seaford
Postcode
BN25 2HU

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 12 May 2026

    Received by Lewes

  2. 2 Jun 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 25 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 28 July 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Lewes took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

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Nexus Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in London

Active · incorporated 2013 · London

326 applications on PlanIndex · across 66 councils · 97% granted

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Documents

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

116 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Lewes for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Lewes decided full applications in a median of 89 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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