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Little Spatham Farm, Flat At Spatham Lane Westmeston East Sussex BN6 8XH

SDNP/26/01286/LDELawful Development Cert (Existing)Awaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

The existing and continuous use of The Flat at Little Spatham Farm as a separate residential dwelling for in excess of four years from the date of this application. The details of this and supporting evidence is set out within the planning statement that has been submitted with this application.

Received
1 April 2026
Decision due
27 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Ditchling And Westmeston Ward
Agent
Rural Planning Group
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated1 Apr
  3. Consult.30 Apr
  4. Target27 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 30 April.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (6)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Little Spatham Farm, Flat At Spatham Lane Westmeston East Sussex BN6 8XH. South Downs has handled 551 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 1 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. 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.

90% of amendment 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
BN6 8XH
Application type
Lawful Development Cert (Existing)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westmeston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 April 2026
Last date for comments
30 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Rural Planning Group
Agent address
66 High Street LEWES BN7 1XG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14752788
Documents
6

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.

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