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The Macs Farm Dumbrells Court Road Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8GT

SDNP/26/00066/APNBAgricultural Prior Notification BuildingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 4 February 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of agricultural storage barn, hard surfaced apron and track

Received
8 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Ditchling And Westmeston Ward
Agent
Sadler Planning Limited
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated8 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at The Macs Farm Dumbrells Court Road Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8GT. South Downs has handled 1,978 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications 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.

87% of outline 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 8GT
Application type
Agricultural Prior Notification Building
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ditchling Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 January 2026
Target decision date
4 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sadler Planning Limited
Agent address
108 College Lane Hurstpierpoint BN6 9AJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14578211
Documents
10

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

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.

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