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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187 approved · 12 refused · 20 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
125 & 126 Lower Street Fittleworth West Sussex RH20 1EN
Received 3 Sept 2026125 & 126 Lower Street Fittleworth West Sussex RH20 1EN
Received 3 Sept 2026Halfway Bridge Lodsworth West Sussex
Received 3 Sept 2026Goodwood Cottage Lavant Road Mid Lavant Chichester PO18 0BQ
Received 4 Sept 2026Funtington House Common Road Funtington West Sussex PO18 9LG
Received 4 Sept 2026Charles Street Tap - Bar & Kitchen Charles Street Petersfield Hampshire GU32 3EH
Received 25 Aug 2026Hatch Farm Wheatsheaf Enclosure Milland West Sussex GU30 7EL
Received 4 Sept 2026Petersfield Golf Club Tankerdale Lane Liss Hampshire GU33 7QY
Received 4 Sept 2026Rushmere Farm Rushmere Lane Hambledon Hampshire PO7 4SG
Received 4 Sept 2026Old Post Office Cottage Sandy Lane Watersfield West Sussex RH20 1NE
Received 7 Sept 20265 Folly Lane Petersfield Hampshire GU31 4AU
Received 26 Aug 202633 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2LU
Received 7 Sept 2026Old Manor House Churchway Lane West Harting West Sussex GU31 5PA
Received 7 Sept 2026Old Manor House Churchway Lane West Harting West Sussex GU31 5PA
Received 7 Sept 20262 Watermeadow Cottages Warningcamp Lane Warningcamp West Sussex BN18 9QL
Received 7 Sept 2026Filching Manor Jevington Road Filching Willingdon East Sussex BN26 5QA
Received 8 Sept 2026Hm Prison Lewes 1 Brighton Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 1EA
Received 8 Sept 2026The Petersfield School Cranford Road Petersfield Hampshire GU32 3LU
Received 8 Sept 2026Southover Grange Gardens Eastport Lane Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TL
Received 8 Sept 2026Ashwood House 23 Pulens Lane Petersfield Hampshire GU31 4BZ
Received 8 Sept 2026Saxondown Farm Church Lane Kingston East Sussex BN7 3LN
Received 8 Sept 2026Antioch House West Rotten Row Lewes East Sussex BN7 1TN
Received 9 Sept 20264-6 The Bridge Wharf Brewery Cliffe High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2AH
Received 9 Sept 2026Sefton Place Cottages Sefton Place Warningcamp West Sussex BN18 9QY
Received 9 Sept 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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