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Hollycombe House Hollycombe Lane Linch West Sussex GU30 7LP

SDNP/25/03945/LISListed BuildingApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 25 November 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed extension and alteration of an existing outbuilding to accommodate a new electrical substation to serve Hollycombe House (minor design amendments to previous applications SDNP/25/00669/HOUS and SDNP/25/00670/LIS). Linked to SDNP/25/03944/HOUS.

Received
30 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Fernhurst Ward CH
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.11 Nov
  4. Target25 Nov
  5. Decided25 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for an outbuilding at Hollycombe House Hollycombe Lane Linch West Sussex GU30 7LP. South Downs has handled 1,352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 14 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.

93% of heritage 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 7LP
Application type
Listed Building
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Linch Parish Meeting

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2025
Last date for comments
11 November 2025
Target decision date
25 November 2025
Permission expires
25 November 2028

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14368563
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Registered park and garden: Hollycombe House
  • 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 (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

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.

Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    19 Jun

    External alterations (linked to listed building consent application SDNP/26/02007/LIS

    PendingListed building consentSDNP/26/02425/HOUS
  2. 2026
    5 Jun

    Proposed internal and external alterations to Hollycombe House- amendments to approved applications…

    PendingApplicationSDNP/26/02007/LIS
  3. 2026
    14 May

    Proposed alterations to hard landscaping and wider landscape proposals within the curtilage of Hollycombe…

    PendingApplicationSDNP/26/01899/HOUS
  4. 2026
    14 May

    Proposed changes to the hard landscaping immediately surrounding Hollycombe House (Linked to…

    PendingApplicationSDNP/26/01900/LIS
  5. 2026
    23 Apr

    Installation of below-ground irrigation tanks to front forecourt

    PendingHouseholderSDNP/26/01604/HOUS
  6. 2026
    16 Apr

    Discharge of Condition 3 (sample of stonework) related to Planning Approval SDNP/26/00230/HOUS

    PendingDischarge of conditionsSDNP/26/01480/DCOND

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