Carpark Birling Gap Road Birling Gap East Dean East Sussex

SDNP/26/00196/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 12 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of car park equipment

Received: 19 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Downs
Ward: East Dean Ward

ReceivedReceived19 Jan
ValidatedValidated19 Jan
Consult.Consultation26 Feb
TargetTarget Date16 Mar
DecidedDecided12 Mar

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Carpark Birling Gap Road Birling Gap East Dean East Sussex. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across East Dean 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: East Dean and Friston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 January 2026
Last date for comments: 26 February 2026
Target decision date: 16 March 2026
Permission expires: 12 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent: Mott MacDonald
Agent address: 10 Fleet Place London EC4M 7RB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14554911
Documents: 19

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

National park: South Downs
SSSI: Seaford to Beachy Head SSSI
Heritage coast: Sussex
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, 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, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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.

Source: South Downs

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