Skip to content

Telecommunications Mast 2 Black Barn Farm Madehurst Road Madehurst West Sussex

SDNP/25/01686/PA16Prior Approval TelecommunicationsApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 12 June 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

The proposed upgrade of an existing telecommunications base station comprising the removal of the existing 17.70m monopole and antennas and replacement with new 22.50m monopole with headframe supporting the 2 no antennas and 3 no dishes, together with the internal refresh to the existing ground based equipment cabinets, and ancillary development thereto within the compound fencing.

Received
22 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Arundel Ward
Agent
Perry Williams Ltd on behalf of United Living Connected
  1. Received22 Apr
  2. Validated22 Apr
  3. Consult.28 May
  4. Target16 Jun
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Telecommunications Mast 2 Black Barn Farm Madehurst Road Madehurst West Sussex. South Downs has handled 187 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Arundel Ward.

96% of telecoms applications at South Downs were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Application type
Prior Approval Telecommunications
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Madehurst Parish Meeting

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 April 2025
Last date for comments
28 May 2025
Target decision date
16 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Perry Williams Ltd on behalf of United Living Connected
Agent address
Dunkirk Avenue Desborough Northants NN14 6DE

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13955818
Documents
25

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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address