Ditchling Camping The Drove Ditchling East Sussex

SDNP/26/01720/24BCUse of land as recreational campsiteApproved

Approved on 26 May 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Use of land as a campsite between May and September (see covering email for full dates)

Received: 29 April 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Downs
Ward: Ditchling And Westmeston Ward

ReceivedReceived29 Apr
ValidatedValidated29 Apr
Consult.Consultation28 May
TargetTarget Date27 May
DecidedDecided26 May

Decided in 27 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Ditchling Camping The Drove Ditchling East Sussex. South Downs has handled 15,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Ditchling And Westmeston Ward.

Application details

Application type: Use of land as recreational campsite
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Ditchling Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 April 2026
Last date for comments: 28 May 2026
Target decision date: 27 May 2026
Permission expires: 26 May 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Documents: 5

Site constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: DitchlingPart of the site
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 (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.

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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.

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5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: South Downs

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