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Old School House Folkington Lane Folkington East Sussex BN26 5SD

SDNP/26/01140/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 18 August 2026

Delegated (officer decision)11 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of single-storey building incorporating walls of former Annexe for visitor accommodation, installation of air source heat pump, provision of cycle store and car parking, removal of existing shed and associated landscaping

Received
23 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
East Dean Ward
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.8 May
  4. Target18 May
  5. Decided18 Aug

Decided in 148 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Old School House Folkington Lane Folkington East Sussex BN26 5SD. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 148 days, 13 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across East Dean Ward. We hold 895 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 5SD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Long Man Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2026
Last date for comments
8 May 2026
Target decision date
18 May 2026
Permission expires
18 August 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Firstplan
Agent address
Broadwall House 21 Broadwall London SE1 9PL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14710148
Documents
29

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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