Council Depot Bepton Road Midhurst West Sussex GU29 9QX

SDNP/20/05059/FULFull ApplicationRefused

Full

Refused on 11 March 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Erection of 75 new homes with associated access, parking and landscaping following demolition of the existing buildings.

Received: 11 November 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Downs
Ward: Midhurst Ward CH

ReceivedReceived11 Nov
ValidatedValidated19 Nov
Consult.Consultation23 Dec
TargetTarget Date18 Feb
DecidedDecided11 Mar

Decided in 112 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Council Depot Bepton Road Midhurst West Sussex GU29 9QX. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 9 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. There have been 27 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 147 applications across Midhurst Ward CH. We hold 1,331 applications in total for the GU29 postcode area.

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

Postcode: GU29 9QX
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 75
Parish: Midhurst Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 November 2020
Last date for comments: 23 December 2020
Target decision date: 18 February 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-09217262
Documents: 132
Constraints: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

National park: South Downs
Brownfield land register: West Sussex County Council Depot and former Brickworks site, MidhurstRegister site at or near this address
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, nutrient neutrality catchments, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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Source: South Downs

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