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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · National park authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Downs National Park Authority. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
187 approved · 12 refused · 20 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Feb 2021 to 25 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Yew Tree House North Street Rogate West Sussex GU31 5HG
Received 10 Apr 2026Yew Tree House North Street Rogate West Sussex GU31 5HG
Received 10 Apr 2026Malt House London Road Watersfield West Sussex RH20 1NB
Received 14 Apr 2026Fairhurst The Street Graffham West Sussex GU28 0QA
Received 20 Apr 2026Lowder Mill Bell Vale Lane Fernhurst West Sussex GU27 3DJ
Received 20 Apr 2026Drove Road Stud 25 Drove Road Brighton Brighton & Hove BN2 6AJ
Received 21 Apr 2026Coloured Ponds Bull Hill Rogate West Sussex GU31 5DL
Received 20 Apr 2026New Barn Farm Common Road Funtington West Sussex PO18 9DA
Received 27 Apr 202643 Mint Road Liss Hampshire GU33 7DQ
Received 28 Apr 2026Coleus Training & Boarding Kennels Privett Road Froxfield Petersfield Hampshire GU32 1EF
Received 28 Apr 2026Highbank Petersfield Lane Clanfield Waterlooville Hampshire PO8 0QD
Received 29 Apr 2026Wild Park Pavilion Cafe Pavilion Kiosk Wild Park Lewes Road Brighton Brighton & Hove BN1 9JS
Received 30 Apr 2026Dangstein Dangstein Road Rogate West Sussex GU31 5BZ
Received 30 Apr 2026Telecommunications Mast 2 Stewards Copse Dukes Close Arundel West Sussex
Received 5 May 2026Wotton Grove Lane Petworth West Sussex GU28 0BT
Received 8 May 20266 White Horse Cottages Beeches Hill Bishops Waltham Hampshire SO32 1FD
Received 11 May 2026Pear Tree House Main Road Bucks Horn Oak Farnham Hampshire GU10 4LT
Received 11 May 2026The Brewery Shop The Bridge Wharf Brewery 4 - 6 Cliffe High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2AH
Received 11 May 2026The Brewery Shop The Bridge Wharf Brewery 4 - 6 Cliffe High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2AH
Received 11 May 2026Larchfield Spatham Lane Westmeston East Sussex BN6 8XH
Received 12 May 2026Hill Hampton Farm Oxenbourne Lane Oxenbourne Petersfield Hampshire GU32 1QN
Received 12 May 2026Mundys House Lower Preshaw Lane Upham Hampshire SO32 1QF
Received 12 May 202641 Kennet Road Petersfield Hampshire GU31 4LS
Received 15 May 2026The Divine Motherhood and St Francis of Assisi Church Bepton Road Midhurst West Sussex GU29 9HD
Received 13 May 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for South Downs National Park Authority, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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