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Land West of The Drove Ditchling East Sussex

SDNP/20/03478/LDELawful Development Cert (Existing)Refused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 22 January 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Use - Continued use of the land as horsiculture/equine

Received
19 August 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Ditchling And Westmeston Ward
Agent
Didacious Designs Ltd
  1. Received19 Aug
  2. Validated19 Aug
  3. Consult.24 Sep
  4. Target14 Oct
  5. Decided22 Jan

Decided in 156 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land West of The Drove Ditchling East Sussex. South Downs has handled 551 applications of this type. This one was decided in 156 days, 14 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Ditchling And Westmeston Ward.

90% of amendment 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

Application type
Lawful Development Cert (Existing)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ditchling Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 August 2020
Last date for comments
24 September 2020
Target decision date
14 October 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Didacious Designs Ltd
Architect profile
DIDACIOUS DESIGNS LTD.
Agent address
Plumpton Pit Stop Ditchling Road Ditchling Lewes BN7 3AF United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08944655
Documents
63
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: DitchlingPart of the site
  • 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.

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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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Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    4 Mar

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Further Schemes) in relation to the approval of SDNP/21/00894/FUL

    Split DecisionDischarge of conditionsSDNP/24/01000/DCOND
  2. 2023
    21 Nov

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (Further Schemes) in relation to the approval of SDNP/21/00894/FUL

    RefusedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/23/04903/DCOND
  3. 2023
    26 Jun

    Use of land as a Camp Site at weekends between May and August Inclusive to include bank holidays, with set-up…

    WithdrawnFull ApplicationSDNP/23/02634/FUL
  4. 2023
    27 Apr

    Use of land as a Camp Site at weekends between May and August Inclusive to include bank holidays, with set-up…

    RefusedFull ApplicationSDNP/23/01792/FUL
  5. 2022
    6 Dec

    Use of land as a Camp Site between April and September inclusive, each year; Tents and Supporting…

    RefusedFull ApplicationSDNP/22/05658/FUL
  6. 2022
    31 Aug

    Use of land as a campsite for 28 days a year (under Class B Schedule 2, Part 4 of the Town and Country…

    PendingFull ApplicationSDNP/22/04046/FUL

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