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The Barn Lewes Road Westmeston East Sussex BN6 8RH

SDNP/25/00293/HOUSHouseholderApproved

Approved on 2 April 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Single storey first floor rear extension, new front porch, gable end side roof extension and fenestration alterations

Received
24 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Ditchling And Westmeston Ward
Agent
Sally Williams Architects
  1. Received24 Jan
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at The Barn Lewes Road Westmeston East Sussex BN6 8RH. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than South Downs's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

88% of full 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
BN6 8RH
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westmeston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2025
Last date for comments
13 March 2025
Target decision date
2 April 2025
Permission expires
2 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sally Williams Architects
Architect profile
SALLY WILLIAMS ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
6 East Gardens Ditchling Hassocks BN6 8ST

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12706552
Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (21)

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, 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.

Source: South Downs

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