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Land East Of Ditchling Road And North Of Green Road More House Farm Ditchling Road Wivelsfield East Sussex RH17 7RE

LW/24/0598Planning ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full
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Proposal

Retrospective application for formation of two lakes and their use for recreational fishing, together with associated landscaping (FURTHER DETAILS RECEIVED 28/03/2025)

Received
16 September 2024
Decision due
30 May 2025
Public comments
5
Ward
Wivelsfield
Agent
Dowsettmayhew Planning Partnership
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated16 Sep
  3. Consult.18 Apr
  4. Target30 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 18 April.

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land East Of Ditchling Road And North Of Green Road More House Farm Ditchling Road Wivelsfield East Sussex RH17 7RE. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 16 September 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Wivelsfield. We hold 1,686 applications in total for the RH17 postcode area.

92% of full applications at Lewes District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
RH17 7RE
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Wivelsfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 September 2024
Consultation expiry
18 April 2025
Consultation start
28 March 2025
Consultation end
18 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start
20 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end
18 October 2024
Last date for comments
18 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Dowsettmayhew Planning Partnership
Agent address
Mocatta House Trafalgar Place Brighton BN1 4DU

Planning decision

Statutory period
256 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 September 2024
Advertisement expiry
18 October 2024
Site notice start
23 September 2024
Site notice end
14 October 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13356098
Documents
29
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Lewes

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