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Land East Of The Orchards Uckfield Road Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5RX

LW/25/0660Outline Planning ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 5 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Phased erection of 8 self build and custom dwellings

Received
11 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ouse Valley & Ringmer
Agent
Hammond Land and Consulting Ltd
  1. Received11 Nov
  2. Validated11 Nov
  3. Consult.26 Dec
  4. Target6 Jan
  5. Decided5 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Land East Of The Orchards Uckfield Road Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5RX. Lewes has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

86% of outline 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 5RX
Application type
Outline Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ringmer

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 November 2025
Consultation expiry
26 December 2025
Consultation start
28 November 2025
Consultation end
26 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
28 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
26 December 2025
Last date for comments
26 December 2025
Target decision date
6 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hammond Land and Consulting Ltd
Agent address
52 Yeoman Lane Bearsted Maidstone ME14 4DG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 November 2025
Advertisement expiry
26 December 2025
Site notice start
1 December 2025
Site notice end
22 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14474106
Documents
42
Constraints
53

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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