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Old Village Hall Cooks Lane Walderton West Sussex PO18 9EF

SDNP/26/00391/HOUSHouseholderApproved

Approved on 2 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Alterations to existing detached garage to provide habitable accommodation, with changes to fenestration including replacement of 2 no. garage doors with 1 no. window and 1 no. new door opening on west elevation, and installation of 3 no. roof lights on east elevation.

Received
30 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Westbourne Ward CH
Agent
Helyer Davies Architects Ltd
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target3 Apr
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Old Village Hall Cooks Lane Walderton West Sussex PO18 9EF. 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 Walderton conservation area, with 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 9EF
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stoughton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2026
Last date for comments
26 March 2026
Target decision date
3 April 2026
Permission expires
2 April 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Helyer Davies Architects Ltd
Architect profile
HELYER DAVIES ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
1 The Old Flour Mill Queen Street Emsworth PO10 7BT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14610785
Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Walderton
  • 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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