Old Vicarage Cottage Crowlink Lane Friston East Sussex BN20 0AU
Approved on 7 May 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use of first floor of existing garage to allow for use as short term holiday lets.
- Received
- 12 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- East Dean Ward
- Agent
- D&M Planning Ltd
- ReceivedReceived12 Mar
- ValidatedValidated12 Mar
- Consult.Consultation14 Apr
- TargetTarget Date7 May
- DecidedDecided7 May
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Old Vicarage Cottage Crowlink Lane Friston East Sussex BN20 0AU. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across East Dean Ward. We hold 356 applications in total for the BN20 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
- BN20 0AU
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- East Dean and Friston Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 14 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 7 May 2026
- Permission expires
- 7 May 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- D&M Planning Ltd
- Agent address
- 1A High Street Godalming GU7 1AZ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14766116
- Documents
- 15
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- National park: South Downs
- 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 (20)
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 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.
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Source: South Downs
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