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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187 approved · 12 refused · 20 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Saddlers House Saddlers Row Petworth West Sussex GU28 0AN
Received 22 Jul 202630 Lewes Road Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8TU
Received 24 Jul 20263 Combe Hill Close Rogate West Sussex GU31 5DS
Received 24 Jul 2026Funtington Lodge Common Road Funtington West Sussex
Received 16 Jul 2026Land to The East of West Laine House Church Lane Kingston East Sussex BN7 3LW
Received 24 Jul 2026Broad View Farm Blacknest Road Binsted Alton Hampshire GU34 4PX
Received 24 Jul 2026O2 Telecommunications Mast Upper Whip Hill Copse Lamberts Lane Midhurst West Sussex
Received 22 Jul 2026Colworth Farm The Grinch West Dean West Sussex PO18 0RQ
Received 24 Jul 2026Coombe Cross House Coombe Road East Meon Petersfield Hampshire GU32 1HQ
Received 22 Jul 2026Hollycombe Service Reservoir Hollycombe Liphook GU30 7LP
Received 23 Jul 2026Spring Barn Farm Kingston Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 3ND
Received 24 Jul 2026The Anvil Cottage Griggs Green Liphook Hampshire GU30 7PD
Received 24 Jul 20266 Collins Lane West Harting West Sussex GU31 5NZ
Received 27 Jul 2026Millmeads West Burton Road West Burton West Sussex RH20 1HF
Received 27 Jul 2026Former Singleton Railway Station A286 The Grinch To Town Lane West Dean West Sussex PO18 0RX
Received 27 Jul 2026Fieldfare East Street Hambledon Hampshire PO7 4RX
Received 27 Jul 2026The Exton Stud Allens Farm Lane Exton Hampshire SO32 3NW
Received 27 Jul 2026Grass Verges adjacent to Stonefield Linchmere Common Road Linchmere West Sussex GU27 3NE
Received 27 Jul 2026Land adjacent to 3 Church Cottage Lower Lodge Road Linchmere West Sussex GU27 3NG
Received 27 Jul 2026Rogate Post Office West Street Rogate West Sussex GU31 5HQ
Received 27 Jul 2026The Courtyard Heath Road Petersfield Hampshire GU31 4DX
Received 27 Jul 2026391 Stone Cottages Easebourne Lane Easebourne West Sussex GU29 9BW
Received 27 Jul 20267 Houndean Rise Lewes East Sussex BN7 1EG
Received 27 Jul 2026Beeding Court Business Park Shoreham Road Upper Beeding West Sussex BN44 3TN
Received 28 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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