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Tilgate Cottage Lodge Hill Lane Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8SP

SDNP/24/00194/HOUSHouseholderApproved

Approved on 28 February 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Roof extension to create second storey living accommodation with raising of roof height by 0.6m and increasing of roof pitch to 45 degrees, addition of 5no. dormers to front and rear, 6no. rooflights and 18no. solar panels, extension of open front porch and alterations to fenestration

Received
17 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Ditchling And Westmeston Ward
Agent
Rural Planning Group
  1. Received17 Jan
  2. Validated17 Jan
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target13 Mar
  5. Decided28 Feb

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at Tilgate Cottage Lodge Hill Lane Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8SP. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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 8SP
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ditchling Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 January 2024
Last date for comments
26 February 2024
Target decision date
13 March 2024
Decision issued
1 March 2024
Permission expires
1 March 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Rural Planning Group
Agent address
Second Floor Office 2 Station Street Lewes BN7 2DA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12729584
Documents
18
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: DitchlingPart of the site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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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© 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.

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Source: South Downs

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