The Alfriston Hotel Seaford Road Alfriston East Sussex BN26 5TW Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/03395/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Installation of 2no. electric vehicle charging upstands, 1no. feeder pillar and underground cabling Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 Sept 2026
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Approved
23 Oct 2026

Approved on 23 Oct 2026 · SDNPA Delegated Decision · Last checked 24 Oct 2026

Site constraints 11

Grade II listed: Dean's Place Hotel
List entry 1191372 · 1 m away · 1 more listed building within 150 m (1 Grade II)
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 ↗
Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 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.
Alfriston 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.
National nature reserve 54 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
Nature recovery project: Seaford to Eastbourne: Drink-in the Downs; Nature improvement area: South Downs Way Ahead; Inside the Alfriston 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 · No scheduled monument 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.

Building

Floor area2,559 m² (27,545 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (asset rating 54)
UseHotels
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2023, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Application type
Full Application
Postcode
BN26 5TW
Received
1 Sept 2026
Validated
1 Sept 2026
Ward
East Dean Ward
Parish
Alfriston Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
27 Oct 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
23 Oct 2026
Decision level
SDNPA Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Gravis Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 52 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Approved, as 96% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

59%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
116decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 neutral

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 24 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15192016
Planning Portal ref
PP-15192016
Statutory expiry
27 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.