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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187 approved · 12 refused · 20 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rosehill Barn Longwood Dean Lane Owslebury Hampshire SO21 1JS
Received 3 Jul 2026Trinity Flint Barn Weston Lane Weston Petersfield Hampshire GU32 3NN
Received 6 Jul 2026Marden House and Marden House Cottage East Harting Street East Harting West Sussex GU31 5LY
Received 6 Jul 2026Old Malling Farm Old Malling Way Lewes East Sussex BN7 2DY
Received 6 Jul 2026The Laurel Dean Lane Bishops Waltham Hampshire SO32 1FX
Received 6 Jul 2026Old Malling Farm Old Malling Way Lewes East Sussex BN7 2DY
Received 6 Jul 2026The Great Barn Pook Lane Lavant West Sussex PO18 0AH
Received 6 Jul 2026The Old Rectory Riverside Farm Lane Tichborne Hampshire SO24 0NA
Received 6 Jul 2026The Old School House Alresford Road Itchen Stoke Hampshire SO24 0QU
Received 6 Jul 2026The Old School House Alresford Road Itchen Stoke Hampshire SO24 0QU
Received 6 Jul 2026The Mill House Lower Chilland Lane Martyr Worthy Hampshire SO21 1EB
Received 6 Jul 2026Wallops Wood Farm Sheardley Lane Droxford Hampshire SO32 3QY
Received 6 Jul 2026Headstone Farm Cams Hill Lane Hambledon Hampshire PO7 4RQ
Received 6 Jul 2026Sandrock Lower Street Fittleworth West Sussex RH20 1JE
Received 6 Jul 2026Greenacres Corhampton Lane Corhampton Hampshire SO32 3NB
Received 7 Jul 2026High Hampstead High Hamstead Lane Lurgashall West Sussex GU28 9EX
Received 7 Jul 2026High Hampstead High Hamstead Lane Lurgashall West Sussex GU28 9EX
Received 7 Jul 2026The Waterside Mill Road Arundel West Sussex BN18 9PA
Received 7 Jul 2026Bury Manor Farm Bury Common Bury West Sussex RH20 1NS
Received 7 Jul 2026The Old Rectory High Street Buriton Petersfield Hampshire GU31 5RX
Received 7 Jul 2026Nuthatch Plum Fell Lane Selborne Alton Hampshire GU34 3JX
Received 7 Jul 202626 Keere Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TY
Received 7 Jul 2026Old Spire Chapel Woodend Funtington West Sussex PO18 9DH
Received 7 Jul 2026Clevedown Barons Down Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1EY
Received 7 Jul 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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