Ditchling Camping Land to The West of The Drove The Drove Ditchling BN6 8TR
Refused on 29 March 2024
Council decision: ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Use of land as a campsite between the following dates : Weekends - Friday afternoon 3pm through to Sunday Morning or Monday when a bank holiday - 3rd May 2024 - 29th September 2024; to also include the weekend of the 19th and 20th April 2024
- Received
- 4 March 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Ditchling And Westmeston Ward
- ReceivedReceived4 Mar
- ValidatedValidated4 Mar
- Consult.Consultation28 Mar
- TargetTarget Date1 Apr
- DecidedDecided29 Mar
Decided in 25 days
About this application
This is a planning application at Ditchling Camping Land to The West of The Drove The Drove Ditchling BN6 8TR. South Downs has handled 15,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. There have been 4 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.
Application details
- Postcode
- BN6 8TR
- Application type
- Use of land as recreational campsite
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ditchling Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 March 2024
- Last date for comments
- 28 March 2024
- Target decision date
- 1 April 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
- Constraints
- 15
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20243 Sep
Use of land as campsite for the following dates, Weekends - Friday afternoon 3pm through to Sunday Morning or…
ApprovedUse of land as recreational campsiteSDNP/24/03735/24BC - 202414 May
Use of land as campsite for the following dates; Weekends - Friday afternoon 3pm through to Sunday Morning or…
ApprovedUse of land as recreational campsiteSDNP/24/02081/24BC - 202315 Dec
Use of land as a campsite between the following dates: Weekends - Friday afternoon (3pm) through to Sunday…
PendingUse of land as recreational campsiteSDNP/23/05326/24BC - 202326 Jul
Use of land as campsite between the following dates: Weekends - Friday afternoon (3pm) through Sunday Morning…
ApprovedUse of land as recreational campsiteSDNP/23/03229/24BC
Source: South Downs
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