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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187 approved · 12 refused · 20 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Great Brockhurst Farm Dial Green Lane Lurgashall West Sussex GU28 9HA
Received 3 Aug 2026Manor Farm House Cooks Lane Walderton West Sussex PO18 9EF
Received 29 Jul 2026Land North East of Rats Castle Linchmere Road Hammer
Received 27 Jul 2026Luttmans Farm Brick Kiln Common Wisborough Green West Sussex RH14 0HZ
Received 3 Aug 2026The Sussex Pad Barn 4 Coombes Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 0RJ
Received 30 Jul 2026Easton Lodge Avington Park Avington Hampshire SO21 1DF
Received 3 Aug 2026Street Farm Jevington Road Jevington East Sussex BN26 5QB
Received 3 Aug 202634 Pretoria Avenue Midhurst West Sussex GU29 9PP
Received 4 Aug 2026Land North of Lower Bordean Farm (Nicholsons Farm) Winchester Road Bordean Petersfield Hampshire
Received 4 Aug 2026Farriers High Street East Meon Petersfield Hampshire GU32 1QD
Received 4 Aug 202625 Bones Lane Buriton Petersfield Hampshire GU31 5SE
Received 4 Aug 2026Tillington House Tillington Road Tillington West Sussex GU28 0RA
Received 4 Aug 2026The Grange Church Hill Slindon West Sussex BN18 0RD
Received 4 Aug 2026Mulberry Place 7 Mulberry Lane Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8UH
Received 4 Aug 20261 Russell Way Petersfield Hampshire GU31 4LD
Received 4 Aug 2026Station House A286 The Grinch To Town Lane West Dean West Sussex PO18 0RX
Received 4 Aug 2026Down End Bourne Lane Twyford Hampshire SO21 1NX
Received 4 Aug 2026Senge House Farm Lane Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8UN
Received 5 Aug 202628 Brookwood Road Petersfield Hampshire
Received 5 Aug 202614A Midhurst Road Fernhurst West Sussex GU27 3EE
Received 5 Aug 2026Burton Hill Barn Burton Park Road Barlavington West Sussex GU28 0JS
Received 5 Aug 2026Wildview House Rackham Road Amberley West Sussex BN18 9NR
Received 5 Aug 2026Church Cottage Church Lane Lodsworth West Sussex GU28 9DD
Received 5 Aug 2026Castelmer Fruit Farm Ashcombe Lane Kingston East Sussex BN7 3JZ
Received 5 Aug 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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