3A Mead Cottages North Lane South Harting West Sussex GU31 5NP

SDNP/26/00095/HOUSHouseholderRefused

Refused on 12 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Timber garden shed.

Received: 9 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Downs
Ward: Harting Ward CH
Agent: Freeborough & Co Surveyors Ltd

ReceivedReceived9 Jan
ValidatedValidated19 Jan
Consult.Consultation19 Feb
TargetTarget Date16 Mar
DecidedDecided12 Mar

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 3A Mead Cottages North Lane South Harting West Sussex GU31 5NP. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the South Harting conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Harting Ward CH. We hold 315 applications in total for the GU31 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: GU31 5NP
Application type: Householder
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Harting Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 January 2026
Last date for comments: 19 February 2026
Target decision date: 16 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Freeborough & Co Surveyors Ltd
Architect profile: FREEBOROUGH & CO SURVEYORS LIMITED
Agent address: Old Janes River Lane River Petworth GU28 9AY

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14551855
Documents: 15

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: South HartingPart of the site
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, 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.

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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.

Source: South Downs

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