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HOPE ANCHOR HOTEL Watchbell Street, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 7HA

Granted Rother RR/2025/1655/P Full Planning

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Internal reconfiguration to provide 7no. additional hotel rooms, minor external amendments.

As published by the council, reference RR/2025/1655/P

Application record

Reference
RR/2025/1655/P
Type
Full Planning
Status
Undecided
Decision
Approved with Conditions
Received
5 Sep 2025
Validated
5 Sep 2025
Ward
Received
Parish
Rye
Postcode
TN31 7HA

Site history

Applications at this address on the Rother register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • RR/2025/1645/L Granted

    HOPE ANCHOR HOTEL Watchbell Street, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 7HA

    Internal reconfiguration to provide 7no. additional hotel rooms, minor external amendments.

    Submitted 4 Sep 2025 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 5 Sep 2025

    Received by Rother

  2. 25 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

24 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Rother granted permission, 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.

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