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The Swan Inn Lower Street Fittleworth West Sussex RH20 1EL

SDNP/25/00433/CNDRemoval or Variation of a ConditionRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 12 May 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of modern extension to stables, metal fire escape and construction of single storey rear extension, internal alterations, insertion of dormer in rear roof plane and external alterations. parking. Application under Section 73 to vary Condition 13 (roof tiles) of planning permission SDNP/23/02028/FUL - to amend the wording of the condition relating to replacement roof tiles.

Received
3 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Fittleworth Ward CH
Agent
Planning Resolution Ltd
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.28 Apr
  4. Target12 May
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at The Swan Inn Lower Street Fittleworth West Sussex RH20 1EL. South Downs has handled 2,087 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Fittleworth conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Fittleworth Ward CH. We hold 2,892 applications in total for the RH20 postcode area.

95% of conditions 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
RH20 1EL
Application type
Removal or Variation of a Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Fittleworth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2025
Last date for comments
28 April 2025
Target decision date
12 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Planning Resolution Ltd
Agent address
Leatherhead Institute 67 High Street Leatherhead KT22 8AH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
SDNP/25/00079/REF
Appeal status
Appeal In Progress

Appeal history

6001509
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 28 January 2026Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13724273
Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Fittleworth
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Swan HotelOn this site · +3 more
  • National park: South Downs

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

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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