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Pleasant Rise Farm Cuckmere Road Alfriston East Sussex BN26 5TN

SDNP/26/00875/FULFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Temporary planning permission for the erection and use of a cafe and bicycle hire facility

Received
4 March 2026
Decision due
21 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
East Dean Ward
Agent
Abbey Architecture
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated26 Mar
  3. Consult.27 Apr
  4. Target21 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 27 April.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (8)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Pleasant Rise Farm Cuckmere Road Alfriston East Sussex BN26 5TN. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 4 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. 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.

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 5TN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Alfriston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 March 2026
Last date for comments
27 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Abbey Architecture
Agent address
2 Winterhill Way Burpham Guildford Surrey GU4 7JX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14745413
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: AlfristonPart of the site
  • National park: South Downs

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

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    12 Dec

    Create a co-housing community, providing various family units.

    PendingApplicationSDNP/25/04570/FUL

Source: South Downs

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