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St Marys Farm, Polowood Shooting Ground Ridge Road Falmer East Sussex BN1 9PN

SDNP/23/04372/FULFull ApplicationPending Decision
Full

Proposal

Change/confirmation of hours of business according to activities key

Received
18 October 2023
Decided
19 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Kingston Ward
  1. Received18 Oct
  2. Validated18 Oct
  3. Consult.29 Nov
  4. Target13 Dec
  5. Decided19 Jul

Decided in 275 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in South Downs88% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application at St Marys Farm, Polowood Shooting Ground Ridge Road Falmer East Sussex BN1 9PN. South Downs has handled 5,088 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 74 days. This one was decided in 275 days, 29 weeks longer than South Downs's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Kingston Ward. We hold 1,618 applications in total for the BN1 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
SDNP/23/04372/FUL
Address
St Marys Farm, Polowood Shooting Ground Ridge Road Falmer East Sussex BN1 9PN
Postcode
BN1 9PN
Local Authority
South Downs
Application Type
Full Application
Scale / Size
Large
Decision Status
Conditions
Current Status
Decision Pending
Ward
Kingston Ward
Parish
Falmer Parish Council

Applicant & Agent

Agent
Delavals Design
Agent Address
Heron House Laughton Road Ringmer BN8 5UT

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
18 October 2023
Target Decision Date
13 December 2023
Date Decided
19 July 2024
Date Validated
18 October 2023
Date Submitted
18 October 2023
Last Date for Comments
29 November 2023

Planning Decision

Decided By
LA Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12467716
Documents
506
Constraints
3
Coordinates
50.883940, -0.074038
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: South Downs

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Planning constraints

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 2026-10-09. 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.

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