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Old School House Folkington Lane Folkington BN26 5SD

SDNP/20/04066/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 20 July 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from annexe to the Old School House to a single dwelling Class C3(a)

Received
24 September 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
East Dean Ward
  1. Received24 Sep
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.23 Jul
  4. Target13 May
  5. Decided20 Jul

Decided in 124 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Old School House Folkington Lane Folkington BN26 5SD. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 299 days, 35 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across East Dean Ward. We hold 895 applications in total for the BN26 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
BN26 5SD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Long Man Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2021
Last date for comments
23 July 2021
Target decision date
13 May 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Priory Barn The Street Wilmington Polegate BN26 5SL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09032180
Documents
32
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

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 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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