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Eastfield Farm Wolf's Lane Chawton Alton Hampshire GU34 3HJ

SDNP/25/02180/OHLOverhead Electricity LinesApproved

Approved on 6 June 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Section 37 of the Electricity Act 1989 for a proposal to install or keep installed an electric line above ground

Received
28 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Four Marks & Medstead Ward
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Jun
  5. Decided6 Jun

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Eastfield Farm Wolf's Lane Chawton Alton Hampshire GU34 3HJ. South Downs has handled 50 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Four Marks & Medstead Ward. We hold 1,556 applications in total for the GU34 postcode area.

93% of all 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 3HJ
Application type
Overhead Electricity Lines
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chawton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2025
Target decision date
9 June 2025
Permission expires
6 June 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Registered park and garden: Chawton HousePart of the site
  • National park: South Downs

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 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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© 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.

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Source: South Downs

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