Black Robin Farm Beachy Head Road Eastbourne East Sussex BN20 7XX Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/03724/DCOND - Approval of Detail reserved by Condition Application in Progress

Proposal

Discharge of Conditions 11 (REMEDIATION STRATEGY), 16 (HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING), 17 (MATERIALS), 19 (WSI) and 30 (EXTERNAL LIGHTING SCHEME) for . Data via plota.co.uk

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Received

28 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 23 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 23 Nov 2026.

Documents 4

Statements & assessments 1

PDF SITE INVESTIGATION & RISK ASSESSMENT REPORT Report · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗

Associated applications 5

Part of

Full10 Oct 2023council archive

Conditions 7, 11, 16, 17, 19, 26, 28, 29, 30, 36 awaiting decision · 4, 21, 23 variation sought
- ConditionsDischarge of Conditions 11 (REMEDIATION STRATEGY), 16 (HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING), 17…This application28 Sep 2026SDNP/26/03724/DCOND
- Show 3 more · 3 pending
  - AmendmentNon Material Amendment - To change the wording of Conditions 23 (SUDS SCHEME) and 28…25 Sep 2026SDNP/26/03704/NMA
  - VariationChange to Condition 4 (Approved Documents) and 21 (Sustainable Construction Report)17 Aug 2026SDNP/26/03193/CND
  - ConditionsDischarge of conditions 26 (Review Of Ecological Measures), 28 (Ecological Design Strategy)…30 Jul 2026SDNP/26/02967/DCOND

Site constraints 10

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.

Heritage coast: Sussex

A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.

Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

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.

National nature reserve 226 m away: Seven Sisters

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

Also on the record

SSSI 226 m away: Seaford to Beachy Head SSSI; Nature recovery project: Seaford to Eastbourne: Drink-in the Downs; Nature improvement area: South Downs Way Ahead; Priority habitat 17 m away: Good quality semi improved grassland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

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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