Understanding planning · 13 min read
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187 approved · 12 refused · 20 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Junction of A259, B2233 Yapton Road And Climping Street
Received 10 Aug 2026Land at 508918 115291 Melton Drive Storrington West Sussex
Received 10 Aug 20261 De Warrenne Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1BP
Received 18 Aug 2026Hungers Corner Farm Byworth Road Byworth Petworth West Sussex GU28 0HW
Received 18 Aug 2026Hungers Corner Farm Byworth Road Byworth Petworth West Sussex GU28 0HW
Received 18 Aug 2026Duncton Cottage High Street Duncton West Sussex GU28 0LT
Received 18 Aug 2026Siblands Farm Church Road to Ebernoe Road Ebernoe West Sussex GU28 9LD
Received 17 Aug 2026The Chestnuts Green Lane Fernhurst West Sussex GU27 3DL
Received 19 Aug 202610 Swanmore Park, The Granary Park Lane Swanmore Hampshire SO32 2QS
Received 19 Aug 2026Tinkers Wood Plantation Road Hill Brow Liss Hampshire GU33 7QB
Received 19 Aug 2026Land West of Mill Road Arundel West Sussex
Received 19 Aug 20267 Lincoln Close Eastbourne East Sussex BN20 7TZ
Received 11 Aug 2026STREET RECORD Beckham Lane Petersfield Hampshire
Received 19 Aug 2026Tudhope 4 Weston Lane Funtington West Sussex PO18 9LT
Received 19 Aug 2026Allington Farm Allington Lane East Chiltington East Sussex BN7 3QL
Received 19 Aug 2026Coates Cottage 9 Great Elms Lavant West Sussex PO18 0GZ
Received 19 Aug 2026Harthanger The Street Lodsworth West Sussex GU28 9BZ
Received 19 Aug 2026Myrtle Cottage The Street Wilmington East Sussex BN26 5SL
Received 13 Aug 2026Land North of Forge Cottage The Old Forge East Ashling West Sussex PO18 9AR
Received 20 Aug 2026Beech View The Street Binsted Alton Hampshire GU34 4PF
Received 20 Aug 2026Hillands Farm B2141 Hooksway Lane To East Marden Road North Marden West Sussex PO18 9JY
Received 20 Aug 202616 Stanmer Village Stanmer Park Brighton Brighton & Hove BN1 9PZ
Received 20 Aug 2026Street Cottage The Street Washington West Sussex RH20 4AS
Received 13 Aug 20265 The Close Kiln Lane Brambridge Hampshire SO50 6HT
Received 20 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage