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Hill Farm Pitlands Lane and Piglegged Road Up Marden Chichester West Sussex PO18 9JR

SDNP/26/00080/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 10 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Roof mounted solar panels.

Received
6 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Westbourne Ward CH
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target11 Mar
  5. Decided10 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Hill Farm Pitlands Lane and Piglegged Road Up Marden Chichester West Sussex PO18 9JR. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Westbourne Ward CH. We hold 1,433 applications in total for the PO18 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
PO18 9JR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Compton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2026
Last date for comments
27 February 2026
Target decision date
11 March 2026
Permission expires
10 March 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Up MardenPart of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (19)

flood storage 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, 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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