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St Margarets Church of England Primary School Lewes Road Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8TU

SDNP/21/01640/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 July 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Creation of shelter to facilitate outdoor classroom

Received
23 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Ditchling And Westmeston Ward
Agent
Setter Ltd
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated13 May
  3. Consult.21 Jun
  4. Target8 Jul
  5. Decided5 Jul

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at St Margarets Church of England Primary School Lewes Road Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8TU. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 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 56 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 8TU
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ditchling Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 May 2021
Last date for comments
21 June 2021
Target decision date
8 July 2021
Permission expires
5 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Setter Ltd
Agent address
Unit 6A Shefford Mill Stamford Road Shefford SG17 5NR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09608286
Documents
14
Constraints
26

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    5 May

    Discharge of Condition 4 (BGP) and 5 (Offsite Habitat Bank BNG) of Planning Approval SDNP/24/05275/FUL

    PendingDischarge of conditionsSDNP/26/01731/DCONDB
  2. 2024
    23 Dec

    Single storey, timber clad extension to existing Nursery outbuilding

    ApprovedFull ApplicationSDNP/24/05275/FUL
  3. 2022
    20 Jan

    Erection of an outbuilding to provide additional storage

    ApprovedFull ApplicationSDNP/22/00273/FUL
  4. 2020
    16 Jun

    Repaint and repair the window frames, doors and door frames of the main school building

    ApprovedFull ApplicationSDNP/20/02378/FUL
  5. 2008
    6 Feb

    Proposed single storey extension to form staff room

    ApprovedConsultation by ESCCLW/08/0169
  6. 2008
    1 Feb

    Installation of a 15m telegraph pole supporting one square panel antenna

    WithdrawnConsultation by ESCCLW/08/0154

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