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Plumpton Racecourse Ashurst Lane Plumpton East Sussex BN7 3AL

LW/26/0028Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 August 2026

11 conditions

Proposal

Change of use of existing driver training school to sports centre for padel courts and associated infrastructure

Received
19 January 2026
Ward
Plumpton Streat E.Chiltington St John W
Agent
Parker Dann Chartered Town Planning Consultants
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.27 Apr
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided13 Aug

Decided in 177 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Plumpton Racecourse Ashurst Lane Plumpton East Sussex BN7 3AL. Lewes has handled 2,780 applications of this type. This one was decided in 206 days, 21 weeks longer than Lewes's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Plumpton Streat E.Chiltington St John W. We hold 4,320 applications in total for the BN7 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
BN7 3AL
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Plumpton

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2026
Consultation expiry
27 April 2026
Consultation start
30 March 2026
Consultation end
27 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
23 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
23 March 2026
Last date for comments
27 April 2026
Target decision date
14 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Parker Dann Chartered Town Planning Consultants
Agent address
Unit 42 Sussex Innovation Centre Science Park Square Falmer Brighton BN1 9SB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

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

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14579237
Documents
99
Constraints
19

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.

© 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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