Old Malling Farm Old Malling Way Lewes East Sussex BN7 2DY Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/01931/DCOND - Approval of Detail reserved by Condition Decided

Proposal

Discharge of Condition 11 (Archaeological Works) for . Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
18 May 2026
Split Decision
29 May 2026

Split Decision on 29 May 2026 · SDNPA Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Associated applications 11

Site constraints 5

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.
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 4. 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 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI 148 m away: Offham Marshes SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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
Approval of Detail reserved by Condition
Postcode
BN7 2DY
Received
18 May 2026
Validated
18 May 2026
Ward
Lewes Bridge Ward
Parish
Lewes Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
13 Jul 2026
Decision
Split Decision
Decision date
29 May 2026
Decision level
SDNPA Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Clague LLP

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14928777
Env. assessment
No