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Land North Of Pumping Station Woodend Funtington West Sussex PO18 9DJ

SDNP/12/01919/SCREENScreening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 November 2015

Council decision: EIA RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Photovoltaic (PV) farm capable of generating approximately 2.5 megawatts of electricity.

Received
22 August 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
  1. Received22 Aug
  2. Validated22 Aug
  3. Consult.25 Sep
  4. Target21 Nov
  5. Decided20 Nov

Decided in 1185 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Land North Of Pumping Station Woodend Funtington West Sussex PO18 9DJ. South Downs has handled 1,978 applications of this type. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,433 applications in total for the PO18 postcode area.

87% of outline applications at South Downs were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PO18 9DJ
Application type
Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 August 2012
Last date for comments
25 September 2012
Target decision date
21 November 2012
Permission expires
20 November 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National park: South Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: South Downs

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