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28 West Street Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8TS

SDNP/23/00267/LISListed BuildingRefused
Listed building consent

Refused on 14 March 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal of staircase and orientation revised

Received
23 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Ditchling And Westmeston Ward
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated1 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target29 Mar
  5. Decided14 Mar

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 28 West Street Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8TS. South Downs has handled 1,352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Ditchling conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications 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.

93% of heritage 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 8TS
Application type
Listed Building
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ditchling Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 February 2023
Last date for comments
13 March 2023
Target decision date
29 March 2023
Decision issued
15 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gould Baxter
Agent address
2 Lucastes Mews Paddockhall Road Haywards Heath RH161HE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11860531
Documents
13
Constraints
71

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Ditchling
  • Listed building: Grade II*: 28, West StreetOn this site · +2 more
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    25 Sep

    T1 - Persian Iron Wood - Prune back to reduce height by 4m and width by 2 m T2 - Sycamore - Fell and replace

    ApprovedTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/25/03882/TCA
  2. 2024
    25 Oct

    T1 - Sycamore - Dismantle in sections to ground level T2 - Sycamore - Dismantle in sections to ground level

    RefusedTree Preservation OrderSDNP/24/04499/TPO
  3. 2024
    17 Sep

    T1 - Sycamore - Dismantle in sections to ground level T2 - Sycamore - Dismantle in sections to ground level

    PendingTree in a Conservation AreaSDNP/24/03823/TCA
  4. 2022
    21 Sep

    Removal of glazed roof on side extension and Installation of 3x roof lights, Internal alterations

    RefusedListed building consentSDNP/22/04400/LIS
  5. 2022
    21 Sep

    Removal of glazed roof in side extension and Installation of 3x roof lights

    RefusedHouseholderSDNP/22/04399/HOUS

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