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70 Lewes Road Ditchling BN6 8TY

SDNP/20/05613/HOUSHouseholderApproved

Approved on 19 March 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replacement of existing flat roof to dormers to east and west elevations with new pitched roofs, replacement of existing roof lights to west elevation with new dormer to match existing and new porch to north elevation

Received
15 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Ditchling And Westmeston Ward
Agent
Clive Voller Associates
  1. Received15 Dec
  2. Validated21 Dec
  3. Consult.2 Feb
  4. Target15 Feb
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 88 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 70 Lewes Road Ditchling BN6 8TY. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 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 55 applications across Ditchling And Westmeston Ward. We hold 1,705 applications in total for the BN6 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
BN6 8TY
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ditchling Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 December 2020
Last date for comments
2 February 2021
Target decision date
15 February 2021
Permission expires
19 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Clive Voller Associates
Architect profile
CLIVE VOLLER ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
2 Woolven Close Burgess Hill RH15 0JE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09338128
Documents
9
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: 68 Nye Lane and associated land, DitchlingRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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Source: South Downs

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