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Land Adjacent To Bevern View The Willows Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5FJ

LW/25/0647Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 19 October 2026

Delegated (officer decision)14 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The construction and operation of a ground mounted solar PV array and ancillary infrastructure, battery energy storage, operational access, temporary construction access, fences/gates, CCTV and biodiversity enhancements (ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS)

Received
3 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 2 November 2026
Ward
Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey
Agent
Rural Planning Group
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.14 Oct
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided19 Oct

Decided in 248 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land Adjacent To Bevern View The Willows Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5FJ. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 350 days, 42 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey. 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 5FJ
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Barcombe

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2026
Consultation expiry
14 October 2026
Consultation start
16 September 2026
Consultation end
14 October 2026
Neighbour consultation start
2 June 2026
Neighbour consultation end
30 June 2026
Last date for comments
14 October 2026
Target decision date
10 April 2026
Permission expires
19 October 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Rural Planning Group
Agent address
66 High Street Lewes BN7 1XG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
20 March 2026
Site notice start
25 February 2026
Site notice end
18 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14430019
Documents
48
Constraints
29

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    1 Nov

    Single storey store room to the rear

    ApprovedPlanning ApplicationLW/23/0662

Source: Lewes

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