Ditchling Camping The Drove Ditchling East Sussex
Withdrawn on 17 February 2026
Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)
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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 - 23rd May 2025 -7th September 2025 to also include the weekends of the 18th and 19th April 2025, 9th and 10th May 2025, 19th and 20th September, the 13th September 2024 and the 1st November 2024
- Received
- 9 October 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Ditchling And Westmeston Ward
- ReceivedReceived9 Oct
- ValidatedValidated9 Oct
- Consult.Consultation12 Nov
- TargetTarget Date6 Nov
- DecidedDecided17 Feb
Decided in 496 days
About this application
This is a planning application at Ditchling Camping The Drove Ditchling East Sussex. South Downs has handled 15,931 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 496 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There have been 5 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
- 9 October 2024
- Last date for comments
- 12 November 2024
- Target decision date
- 6 November 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
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.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20264 Jun
Use of land as a campsite between May and September (Amended dates)
ApprovedUse of land as recreational campsiteSDNP/26/02241/24BC - 202629 Apr
Use of land as a campsite between May and September (see covering email for full dates)
ApprovedUse of land as recreational campsiteSDNP/26/01720/24BC - 202620 Feb
Use of land as a campsite between May and September (see covering email for full dates)
ApprovedUse of land as recreational campsiteSDNP/26/00733/24BC - 20254 Apr
Addition of the following dates to existing prior notice (SDNP/25/00058/24BC
PendingUse of land as recreational campsiteSDNP/25/01582/24BC - 20257 Jan
Use of land as campsite for the following dates (weekends: Friday afternoon 3pm through to Sunday Morning or…
ApprovedUse of land as recreational campsiteSDNP/25/00058/24BC
Source: South Downs
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