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South Downs View Beacon Road Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8XB

SDNP/26/00552/24BCUse of land as recreational campsiteApproved

Approved on 18 March 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Use of land as a campsite for up to 60 days between 3rd April 2026 and 3rd January 2027 (see documents for date schedule)

Received
5 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Ditchling And Westmeston Ward
Agent
Sadler Planning
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.10 Mar
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 41 days

About this application

This is a planning application at South Downs View Beacon Road Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8XB. South Downs has handled 15,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Ditchling And Westmeston Ward. We hold 1,705 applications in total for the BN6 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
BN6 8XB
Application type
Use of land as recreational campsite
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ditchling Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2026
Last date for comments
10 March 2026
Target decision date
2 April 2026
Permission expires
18 March 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sadler Planning

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7

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.

Source: South Downs

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