Land West of Robins Cottage Wardley Lane Milland West Sussex GU30 7LX

SDNP/26/00900/OHLOverhead Electricity LinesApproved

Approved on 2 April 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Electricity Act 1989 by falling within the Overhead Lines (Exemption) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 - Notification of intention to replace 2 x 33 Kv wooden electricity poles (1 structure - H Pole) on the LANC-FERN (Black) - 33 Kv circuit (ref: NL/P39219).

Received: 3 March 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Downs
Ward: Fernhurst Ward CH

ReceivedReceived3 Mar
ValidatedValidated3 Mar
Consult.Consultation7 Apr
TargetTarget Date14 Apr
DecidedDecided2 Apr

Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land West of Robins Cottage Wardley Lane Milland West Sussex GU30 7LX. South Downs has handled 50 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 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 55 applications across Fernhurst Ward CH. We hold 602 applications in total for the GU30 postcode area.

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

Postcode: GU30 7LX
Application type: Overhead Electricity Lines
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Milland Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 March 2026
Last date for comments: 7 April 2026
Target decision date: 14 April 2026
Permission expires: 2 April 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Documents: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

National park: South Downs
Ancient woodland: hatch hanger
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.

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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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