Morrisons Daily Wivelsfield Service Station Ditchling Road Wivelsfield East Sussex RH17 7RF Data via plota.co.uk

LW/25/0585 - Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Retrospective installation of two jet washes Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 Oct 2025
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Validated
6 Jan 2026
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Consultation
8 Jan 2026
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Approved
29 Apr 2026

Approved on 29 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 4

Public footpath about 24 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Wivelsfield built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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

Council
Lewes
Application type
Planning Application
Postcode
RH17 7RF
Received
1 Oct 2025
Validated
6 Jan 2026
Ward
Wivelsfield
Parish
Wivelsfield
Case officer
Show
Target decision
3 Mar 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
29 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Agent
JMS Planning & Development Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 113 days from validation, 59 days slower than Lewes's median of 54 for commercial premises. Approved, as 81% of commercial premises here are.

67%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
27decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial premises decided by Lewes in the last twelve months, from validation. Lewes decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14371528
Planning Portal ref
PP-14371528
Neighbours
9 Jan 2026
Consultation
8 Jan 2026
Comments by
6 Feb 2026
Site or press notice
12 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
3 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No
Lewes
Planning Authority Score
7/10
Good
#62 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Lewes ranks #126 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Only 25% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Rarely extends deadlines
decisions usually arrive on time
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Lewes decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #134 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #111 of 296
69%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #126 of 296
25%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #30 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
63 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
5 decided (10+ homes)
88%
Change of use approved
16 decided
394
Total decisions
42 refused in the year to March 2026