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Land at The Jacketings Underhill Lane Westmeston East Sussex

SDNP/26/00389/OHLOverhead Electricity LinesAwaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Electricity Act 1989 - Overhead Lines (Exemption) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 - To install low voltage underground cable through the public maintainable highway to allow removal of low voltage overhead line spans, and install stay wires to create terminal pole points to allow continuation of overhead lines.

Received
27 January 2026
Decision due
10 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Ditchling And Westmeston Ward
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Mar
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application at Land at The Jacketings Underhill Lane Westmeston East Sussex. South Downs has handled 50 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 27 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Ditchling And Westmeston 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
Westmeston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: ClaytonPart 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.

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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