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Downmere Poynings Road Poynings Brighton West Sussex BN45 7AG

SDNP/16/02946/HOUSHouseholderApproved

Approved on 29 September 2016

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Internal and external alterations to the existing property, including creation of new dormers to the roof. Proposal also includes the creation of a new driveway and access of the highway as well as the addition of an open air swimming pool and associated facilities building.

Received
10 June 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Hurstpierpoint And Downs Ward
Agent
Folkes Architects
  1. Received10 Jun
  2. Validated15 Jun
  3. Consult.22 Aug
  4. Target10 Aug
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 106 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Downmere Poynings Road Poynings Brighton West Sussex BN45 7AG. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 8 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Poynings conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 290 applications in total for the BN45 postcode area.

88% of full applications at South Downs were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BN45 7AG
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Poynings Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 June 2016
Last date for comments
22 August 2016
Target decision date
10 August 2016
Permission expires
29 September 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Folkes Architects
Agent address
The Design Studio 94 High Street Steyning BN44 3RD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05223622
Documents
29
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Poynings
  • National park: South Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage 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 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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© 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.

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Source: South Downs

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