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1, 3, 4, 5 And 7 School Bungalows Bostal Road Firle East Sussex

SDNP/25/01672/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 16 October 2025

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of PV panels to pitched roofs and replacement of existing roof covering with new concrete tiles to 5no bungalows

Received
17 April 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Council
South Downs
Ward
Ouse Valley And Ringmer Ward
  1. Received17 Apr
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.19 Sep
  4. Target7 Aug
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 126 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 1,3,4,5 And 7 School Bungalows Bostal Road Firle East Sussex. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 182 days, 18 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Firle conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Ouse Valley And Ringmer Ward.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Firle Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2025
Last date for comments
19 September 2025
Target decision date
7 August 2025
Permission expires
16 October 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Faithorn Farrell Timms
Agent address
Suite 4E Castle House Sea View Way Brighton BN2 6NT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13896620
Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: FirlePart 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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