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Coates Castle Coates Lane Fittleworth West Sussex

SDNP/26/00849/OHLOverhead Electricity LinesApproved

Approved on 2 April 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Consent under Section 37 of the Electricity Act 1989 for the replacement of four (4) electricity poles - (4 structures) and one (1) HV stay supporting our 11kV overhead line on the Haslingbourne, circuit requiring vehicle access and excavation on or by Coates Castle SSSI (ref: HABO E2L5 - Coates Castle SSSI).

Received
27 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Fittleworth Ward CH
  1. Received27 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.7 Apr
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Coates Castle Coates Lane Fittleworth West Sussex. South Downs has handled 50 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 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 65 applications across Fittleworth Ward CH.

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
Fittleworth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2026
Last date for comments
7 April 2026
Target decision date
10 April 2026
Permission expires
2 April 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National park: South Downs
  • SSSI: Coates Castle SSSIPart 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, 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.

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