Annexe Priory Barn The Street Wilmington East Sussex BN26 5SL Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/00685/LDE - Lawful Development Cert (Existing) Approved

Proposal

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Application progress

Received
20 Feb 2026
Approved
7 Apr 2026

Approved on 7 Apr 2026 · SDNPA Delegated Decision · Last checked 27 Jul 2026

Site constraints 9

South Downs National Park
The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
Wilmington conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Scheduled monument 33 m away: Wilmington Priory
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
4 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Remains of the Village Pound, Grade II, 32 m away · 2 Grade I, 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Seaford to Eastbourne: Drink-in the Downs; Nature improvement area: South Downs Way Ahead; SSSI 340 m away: Wilmington Downs SSSI.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Lawful Development Cert (Existing)
Postcode
BN26 5SL
Received
20 Feb 2026
Validated
20 Feb 2026
Ward
East Dean Ward
Parish
Long Man Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
17 Apr 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
7 Apr 2026
Decision level
SDNPA Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Colin and Gavin Humphrey Chartered Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 46 days from validation, 11 days faster than South Downs's median of 57 for new homes. Approved, as 80% of new homes here are.

50%decided within 8 weeks
80%approved
65decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by South Downs in the last twelve months, from validation. South Downs decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14662942
Env. assessment
No