Southdown Sports Club Cockshut Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 3PR Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/03435/FUL - Full Application Application in Progress

Proposal

Erection of 12 floodlights to existing tennis courts. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
3 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 29 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 29 Oct 2026 and 12 Nov 2026, from South Downs's recent commercial and major works.

Site constraints 11

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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.
Lewes 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 76 m away: Priory of St Pancras
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 ↗
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 100 m away: Lewes Brooks 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
Radon affected area, class 2; 1 listed building within 150 m; Flood defence 22 m away (embankment, designed for a 1 in 30 year flood); Inside the Lewes built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
Full Application
Postcode
BN7 3PR
Received
3 Sept 2026
Validated
3 Sept 2026
Ward
Lewes Priory Ward
Parish
Lewes Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
29 Oct 2026
Decision level
SDNPA Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Whaleback

Decision outlook

Day 56 of the 56-day target. South Downs usually decides commercial and major works by day 61.

Day 565 days to the predicted decision (day 61)
48%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
63decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by South Downs in the last twelve months, from validation. South Downs decision record →

Public comments

2comments received
1 objecting1 neutral

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 28 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15191550
Planning Portal ref
PP-15191550
Statutory expiry
29 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No