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The Caretakers House 13 The Causeway Petersfield Hampshire GU31 4JT

SDNP/25/03905/LDPLawful Development Cert (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 10 November 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate Proposed - Addition of rooflights to an existing roof with new internal staircase to create habitable space

Received
26 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Petersfield Causeway Ward
Agent
Birch Wood Design
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated26 Sep
  3. Consult.12 Nov
  4. Target21 Nov
  5. Decided10 Nov

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at The Caretakers House 13 The Causeway Petersfield Hampshire GU31 4JT. South Downs has handled 1,978 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 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 11 applications across Petersfield Causeway Ward. We hold 315 applications in total for the GU31 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
GU31 4JT
Application type
Lawful Development Cert (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Petersfield Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 September 2025
Last date for comments
12 November 2025
Target decision date
21 November 2025
Permission expires
10 November 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Birch Wood Design
Agent address
21 The Links Whitehill Hampshire GU35 9HB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14357000
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 (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

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