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Rushfield House Henfield Road Poynings Brighton West Sussex BN45 7AY

SDNP/24/00592/LDPLawful Development Cert (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 5 April 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Stationing a caravan to be used for residential purposes as ancillary accommodation to the existing dwellinghouse Laying a hard surface.

Received
12 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Hurstpierpoint And Downs Ward
Agent
Speer Dade Planning Consultants
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Apr
  5. Decided5 Apr

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Rushfield House Henfield Road Poynings Brighton West Sussex BN45 7AY. South Downs has handled 1,978 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 290 applications in total for the BN45 postcode area.

87% of outline 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
BN45 7AY
Application type
Lawful Development Cert (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Poynings Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2024
Target decision date
8 April 2024
Permission expires
5 April 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Speer Dade Planning Consultants
Agent address
29 Kings Drive Hassocks BN6 8DX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12712679
Documents
13
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National park: South Downs
  • Ancient woodland: Rushfield CopsePart of the site
  • 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, 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, 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.

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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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    30 Jun

    Use of land as residential garden

    ApprovedLawful Development Cert (Existing)SDNP/23/02755/LDE

Source: South Downs

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