Tilton Meadow Lewes Road Selmeston East Sussex BN8 6LL Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/00444/HOUS - Householder Approved

Proposal

Conversion of existing garage connected to dwelling into living space with associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
4 Feb 2026
Approved
31 Mar 2026

Approved on 31 Mar 2026 · SDNPA Delegated Decision · Last checked 26 Jul 2026

Site constraints 6

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 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Public bridleway 28 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.
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Seaford to Eastbourne: Drink-in the Downs; Priority habitat 20 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building 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
Householder
Postcode
BN8 6LL
Received
4 Feb 2026
Validated
4 Feb 2026
Ward
Alfriston Ward
Parish
Alciston Parish Meeting
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 Apr 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
31 Mar 2026
Decision level
SDNPA Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Richardson Architecture Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 91% of extensions here are.

56%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
473decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14577763
Env. assessment
No