The Macs Farm Dumbrells Court Road Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8GT

SDNP/22/05011/CNDRemoval or Variation of a ConditionApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 17 March 2023

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use part of an agricultural building for restaurant/cafe and assembly and leisure (Variation of condition 2 of SDNP/21/00865/PA3R)

Received: 27 October 2022
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: South Downs
Ward: Ditchling And Westmeston Ward
Agent: Collins Planning Services Ltd

ReceivedReceived27 Oct
ValidatedValidated27 Oct
Consult.Consultation16 Mar
TargetTarget Date22 Dec
DecidedDecided17 Mar

Decided in 141 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at The Macs Farm Dumbrells Court Road Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8GT. South Downs has handled 2,087 applications of this type. This one was decided in 141 days, 12 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Ditchling And Westmeston Ward. We hold 1,707 applications in total for the BN6 postcode area.

95% of conditions 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 8GT
Application type: Removal or Variation of a Condition
Scale / size: Large
Parish: Ditchling Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 October 2022
Last date for comments: 16 March 2023
Target decision date: 22 December 2022
Permission expires: 17 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Collins Planning Services Ltd
Agent address: 4 Yeomans Ringmer Lewes BN8 5EL

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11646571
Documents: 114
Constraints: 25

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.

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Source: South Downs

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