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Upper Wellingham Farm Wellingham Lane Wellingham Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5SN

LW/25/0263Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 July 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Convert Agricultural Building into 2no. residential dwellings

Received
7 May 2025
Ward
Ouse Valley & Ringmer
Agent
DJM Town Planning
  1. Received7 May
  2. Validated7 May
  3. Consult.18 Jun
  4. Target2 Jul
  5. Decided11 Jul

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Upper Wellingham Farm Wellingham Lane Wellingham Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5SN. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Ouse Valley & Ringmer. We hold 1,970 applications in total for the BN8 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
BN8 5SN
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ringmer

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 May 2025
Consultation expiry
1 August 2025
Consultation start
21 May 2025
Consultation end
18 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start
4 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
1 August 2025
Last date for comments
1 August 2025
Target decision date
2 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
DJM Town Planning
Agent address
16 Fairdene Southwick Brighton BN42 4QN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 May 2025
Advertisement expiry
20 June 2025
Site notice start
23 May 2025
Site notice end
13 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13989833
Documents
24
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

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    7 May

    Discharge of Conditions: 4 (Landscaping), 10 (Drainage 1 SuDS) and 11 (Drainage 2 Foul Water) in relation to…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsLW/26/0184/CD
  2. 2025
    7 May

    Convert Agricultural Building into 2no. residential dwellings

    This applicationApprovedFullLW/25/0263

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