Ditchling Camping The Drove Ditchling East Sussex
Approved on 26 June 2026
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Use of land as a campsite between May and September (Amended dates)
- Received
- 4 June 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Ditchling And Westmeston Ward
- ReceivedReceived4 Jun
- ValidatedValidated4 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date2 Jul
- DecidedDecided26 Jun
Decided in 22 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 22 days, 5 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
- 4 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 2 July 2026
- Permission expires
- 26 June 2031
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
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.
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
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202629 Apr
Use of land as a campsite between May and September (see covering email for full dates)
ApprovedUse of land as recreational campsiteSDNP/26/01720/24BC - 202620 Feb
Use of land as a campsite between May and September (see covering email for full dates)
ApprovedUse of land as recreational campsiteSDNP/26/00733/24BC - 20254 Apr
Addition of the following dates to existing prior notice (SDNP/25/00058/24BC
PendingUse of land as recreational campsiteSDNP/25/01582/24BC - 20257 Jan
Use of land as campsite for the following dates (weekends: Friday afternoon 3pm through to Sunday Morning or…
ApprovedUse of land as recreational campsiteSDNP/25/00058/24BC - 20249 Oct
Use of land as campsite for the following dates , Weekends - Friday afternoon 3pm through to Sunday Morning…
WithdrawnUse of land as recreational campsiteSDNP/24/04275/24BC
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