Farringdon Flood Alleviation Scheme Shirnall Hill, Lower Farringdon, Alton GU34 3DR
Approved on 29 April 2025
Council decision: EIA Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Request for Screening opinion - For the Farringdon Flood Alleviation Scheme proposed development under the provisions of Regulation 5 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2011.
- Received
- 9 August 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Binsted, Bentley & Selborne Ward
- ReceivedReceived9 Aug
- ValidatedValidated9 Aug
- Consult.Consultation24 Aug
- TargetTarget Date30 Aug
- DecidedDecided29 Apr
Decided in 629 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Farringdon Flood Alleviation Scheme Shirnall Hill, Lower Farringdon, Alton GU34 3DR. South Downs has handled 1,978 applications of this type. This one was decided in 629 days, 82 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Binsted, Bentley & Selborne Ward. We hold 1,556 applications in total for the GU34 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
- GU34 3DR
- Application type
- Screening Opinion
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Farringdon Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 August 2023
- Last date for comments
- 24 August 2023
- Target decision date
- 30 August 2023
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 18
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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, 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.
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Source: South Downs
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