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Petworth House Car Park London Road Petworth West Sussex

SDNP/17/05808/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 January 2018

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Use existing compound for the construction of a 5 bay garden waste composting facility and associated works.

Received
13 November 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Petworth Ward
  1. Received13 Nov
  2. Validated23 Nov
  3. Consult.28 Dec
  4. Target18 Jan
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Petworth House Car Park London Road Petworth West Sussex. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

88% of full 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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Petworth Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 November 2017
Last date for comments
28 December 2017
Target decision date
18 January 2018
Permission expires
16 January 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06498750
Documents
11
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Registered park and garden: Petworth House
  • 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 battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: South Downs

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