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56 Lewes Road Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8TU

SDNP/23/04864/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 March 2025

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed demolition of existing chalet bungalow, detached double garage and other outbuildings, and erection of three (C3) dwellings, 1no 4-bed two-storey dwelling, 1no 3-bed two-storey dwelling, and 1no 2-bed single storey dwelling together with associated landscaping, vehicle and cycle parking

Received
17 November 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Council
South Downs
Ward
Ditchling And Westmeston Ward
Agent
Dowsettmayhew Planning Partnership Ltd
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated27 Nov
  3. Consult.19 Sep
  4. Target22 Jan
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 479 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 56 Lewes Road Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8TU. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 489 days, 62 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. There have been 3 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.

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
Large
Parish
Ditchling Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 November 2023
Last date for comments
19 September 2024
Target decision date
22 January 2024
Permission expires
20 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Dowsettmayhew Planning Partnership Ltd
Agent address
Mocatta House Trafalgar Place Brighton BN1 4DU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12527164
Documents
125
Constraints
8

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    19 Jun

    Discharge of Conditions 3, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 20, 22 for SDNP/23/04864/FUL

    PendingDischarge of conditionsSDNP/26/02420/DCOND
  2. 2023
    17 Nov

    Proposed demolition of existing chalet bungalow, detached double garage and other outbuildings, and erection…

    This applicationApprovedFullSDNP/23/04864/FUL

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