Wellingham Farm Wellingham Lane Wellingham Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5SW

LW/25/0663Agricultural Notification ApplicationApproved

Prior approval

Approved on 21 November 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Erection of a steel-framed lean-to adjoining existing building

Received: 12 November 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Lewes District Council
Ward: Ouse Valley & Ringmer

ReceivedReceived12 Nov
ValidatedValidated12 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date10 Dec
DecidedDecided21 Nov

Decided in 9 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Wellingham Farm Wellingham Lane Wellingham Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5SW. Lewes has handled 47 applications of this type. This one was decided in 9 days, 7 weeks quicker than Lewes's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. 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.

94% of all 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 5SW
Application type: Agricultural Notification Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Ringmer

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 November 2025
Target decision date: 10 December 2025
Permission expires: 21 November 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: James Legate
Agent address: 15 Woodcroft Burgess Hill RH15 8QT

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14467468
Documents: 8
Constraints: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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.

Source: Lewes

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