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South Farm Newhaven Road Rodmell Lewes East Sussex BN7 3HP

SDNP/23/03453/24BCUse of land as recreational campsiteApproved

Approved on 26 September 2023

Council decision: No commentsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Use of land as a campsite in the year 2024 from 7-9 July; 14-16 July; 19-23 July; 27 July to 2 September; 8-10 September; and 15-17 September, which is a period of 55 days.

Received
9 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Kingston Ward
  1. Received9 Aug
  2. Validated29 Aug
  3. Consult.25 Sep
  4. Target26 Sep
  5. Decided26 Sep

Decided in 28 days

About this application

This is a planning application at South Farm Newhaven Road Rodmell Lewes East Sussex BN7 3HP. South Downs has handled 15,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Kingston Ward. We hold 4,320 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
BN7 3HP
Application type
Use of land as recreational campsite
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Southease Parish Meeting

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 August 2023
Last date for comments
25 September 2023
Target decision date
26 September 2023
Permission expires
26 September 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: South Downs

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