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Land East of Shellbridge Road Slindon Common West Sussex

SDNP/26/00187/OHLOverhead Electricity LinesApproved

Approved on 24 February 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

The replacement of 2 x wooden electricity poles

Received
14 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Arundel Ward
  1. Received14 Jan
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Feb
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land East of Shellbridge Road Slindon Common West Sussex. South Downs has handled 50 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Arundel Ward.

93% of all 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

Application type
Overhead Electricity Lines
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Walberton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2026
Target decision date
25 February 2026
Permission expires
24 February 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National park: South Downs
  • Ancient woodland: danes woodPart 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 (20)

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, 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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