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Hatch Farm Wheatsheaf Enclosure Milland West Sussex GU30 7EL

SDNP/25/02622/FULFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Installation of solar PV array, a PV switchboard, erection of a substation building and energy centre building at Hatch Farm, and the installation of a step-down transformer at Hollycombe House with a detailed scheme of landscaping and other associated works to provide renewable energy across the Hollycombe Estate.

Received
25 June 2025
Decision due
24 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Fernhurst Ward CH
  1. Received25 Jun
  2. Validated25 Jul
  3. Consult.11 Dec
  4. Target24 Oct
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 11 December.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (120)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Hatch Farm Wheatsheaf Enclosure Milland West Sussex GU30 7EL. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 25 June 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Fernhurst Ward CH. We hold 602 applications in total for the GU30 postcode area.

88% of full 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
GU30 7EL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Milland Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 July 2025
Last date for comments
11 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Whaleback
Architect profile
WHALEBACK LTD
Agent address
91 Boundary Road Hove BN3 7GA

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14116268
Documents
120

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Registered park and garden: Hollycombe HousePart of the site
  • National park: South Downs
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (19)

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, 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    11 Sep

    Demolition of existing buildings and structures, renovation of retained buildings and the construction of new…

    PendingApplicationSDNP/26/03530/FUL
  2. 2026
    4 Sep

    Retrospective and part-retrospective application for works comprising the excavation and removal of…

    PendingApplicationSDNP/26/03456/FUL
  3. 2026
    8 Apr

    Discharge of Condition 3 (CEMP) for SDNP/25/02137/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/26/01347/DCOND
  4. 2026
    24 Mar

    Discharge of Condition 14 (Biodiversity Gain Plan) and Condition 15 (Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan)…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSDNP/26/01167/DCOND
  5. 2026
    5 Mar

    Discharge of Conditions 4 (Tree Protection), 6 (Soft Landscaping), 8 (Detailed Plans and Sections), 9…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsSDNP/26/00899/DCOND

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