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Lodge Hill House Lodge Hill Lane Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8SR

SDNP/25/02681/HOUSHouseholderRefused

Refused on 14 May 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of tennis court to padel court

Received
30 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Ditchling And Westmeston Ward
  1. Received30 Jun
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.13 Oct
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 311 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Lodge Hill House Lodge Hill Lane Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8SR. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 318 days, 37 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Ditchling And Westmeston Ward. We hold 1,707 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 8SR
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ditchling Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2025
Last date for comments
13 October 2025
Target decision date
1 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Parker Dann
Agent address
Unit 42 Sussex Innovation Centre Science Park Square University of Sussex Brighton East Sussex BN1 9SB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14127385
Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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.

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Source: South Downs

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