The Old Forge 5 The Village Berwick East Sussex BN26 6SN

SDNP/26/00019/HOUSHouseholderApproved

Approved on 11 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of garden fence.

Received: 6 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Downs
Ward: Alfriston Ward

ReceivedReceived6 Jan
ValidatedValidated13 Jan
Consult.Consultation25 Feb
TargetTarget Date10 Mar
DecidedDecided11 Mar

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Old Forge 5 The Village Berwick East Sussex BN26 6SN. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Berwick Village conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Alfriston Ward. We hold 895 applications in total for the BN26 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: BN26 6SN
Application type: Householder
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Berwick Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 January 2026
Last date for comments: 25 February 2026
Target decision date: 10 March 2026
Permission expires: 11 March 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14598548
Documents: 13

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Berwick VillagePart of the site
Listed building: Grade II: 4 and 5 the VillageOn or next to this site · +1 more
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 (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.

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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.

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

Source: South Downs

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