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Hampers Green Centre North Street Petworth West Sussex GU28 9NL

SDNP/23/00765/PREOPre-App related to Stat ApplicationApproved

Approved on 28 March 2023

Council decision: Pre Application Advice CompleteDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Use of grassland opposite the Hampers Green Housing Estate and Cemetry into a permissible access recreation site for the local comminity. With a circular pathway, wildlife ponds, a viewing spot, installation of dog proof stock fencing and native hedgerows and trees to enhance the area.

Received
20 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Petworth Ward CH
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated1 Mar
  3. Consult.11 Apr
  4. Target26 Apr
  5. Decided28 Mar

Decided in 27 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Hampers Green Centre North Street Petworth West Sussex GU28 9NL. South Downs has handled 15,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Petworth Ward CH. We hold 576 applications in total for the GU28 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
GU28 9NL
Application type
Pre-App related to Stat Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Petworth Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 March 2023
Last date for comments
11 April 2023
Target decision date
26 April 2023
Decision issued
24 April 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (21)

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, 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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