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Ditchling Camping The Drove Ditchling East Sussex

SDNP/25/00058/24BCUse of land as recreational campsiteApproved

Approved on 4 February 2025

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) 18 to 21 April; 9 to 11 May; 23 to 26 May; 30 May to 1 June; 6 to 8 June; 13 to 15 June; 27 to 29 June; 4 to 6 July; 11 to 13 July; 18 to 20 July; 25 to 27 July; 1 to 3 August; 8 to 10 August; 15 to 17 August; 29 to 31 August; 5 to 7 September; 12 to 14 September; 19 to 21 September (16 x 3, 2 x 4).

Received
7 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Ditchling And Westmeston Ward
  1. Received7 Jan
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Feb
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 28 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. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Ditchling And Westmeston Ward.

Application details

Application type
Use of land as recreational campsite
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ditchling Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2025
Last date for comments
4 February 2025
Target decision date
4 February 2025
Permission expires
4 February 2030

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.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    4 Apr

    Addition of the following dates to existing prior notice (SDNP/25/00058/24BC

    PendingUse of land as recreational campsiteRelatedSDNP/25/01582/24BC
  2. 2025
    7 Jan

    Use of land as campsite for the following dates (weekends: Friday afternoon 3pm through to Sunday Morning or…

    This applicationApprovedApplicationSDNP/25/00058/24BC

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