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Deans Place Cottage Whiteway Alfriston East Sussex BN26 5TW

SDNP/25/04171/LISListed BuildingApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 6 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of The Cottage to provide guestrooms, meeting room and other ancillary uses in association with The Alfriston (formerly Dean's Place Hotel) and internal alterations

Received
16 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
East Dean Ward
Agent
DJA Planning
  1. Received16 Oct
  2. Validated10 Nov
  3. Consult.12 Dec
  4. Target5 Jan
  5. Decided6 Jan

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at Deans Place Cottage Whiteway Alfriston East Sussex BN26 5TW. South Downs has handled 1,352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 4 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Alfriston conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across East Dean Ward. We hold 896 applications in total for the BN26 postcode area.

93% of heritage 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
BN26 5TW
Application type
Listed Building
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Alfriston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 November 2025
Last date for comments
12 December 2025
Target decision date
5 January 2026
Permission expires
6 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
DJA Planning
Agent address
Lunge Haven Studio Station Road Hellingly BN27 4EU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14409752
Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, 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
    16 Oct

    Change of use of The Cottage to provide guestrooms, meeting room and other ancillary uses in association with…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationFiled alongsideSDNP/25/04170/FUL
  2. 2025
    16 Oct

    Change of use of The Cottage to provide guestrooms, meeting room and other ancillary uses in association with…

    This applicationApprovedHeritageSDNP/25/04171/LIS

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