Ditchling Camping Land to The West of The Drove The Drove Ditchling BN6 8TR

SDNP/24/03735/24BCUse of land as recreational campsiteApproved

Approved on 1 October 2024

Council decision: No commentsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Use of land as campsite for the following dates, Weekends - Friday afternoon 3pm through to Sunday Morning or Monday when a bank holiday - 24th May 2024 - 8th September 2024 to also include the weekends of the 19th and 20th April 2024, 10th and 11th May 2024, 14th and 16th September 2024, 20th and 21st September, and the 2nd November 2024

Received: 3 September 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Downs
Ward: Ditchling And Westmeston Ward

ReceivedReceived3 Sep
ValidatedValidated3 Sep
Consult.Consultation30 Sep
TargetTarget Date1 Oct
DecidedDecided1 Oct

Decided in 28 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 28 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: 3 September 2024
Last date for comments: 30 September 2024
Target decision date: 1 October 2024
Permission expires: 1 October 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Documents: 6

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.

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4 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: South Downs

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