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Land and Building South of Clarefield Copse Dumpford Lane Nyewood South Harting West Sussex

SDNP/26/01080/24BCUse of land as recreational campsiteRefused

Refused on 7 April 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Operation of campsite for up to 60 days between 2nd July and 31st August 2026

Received
13 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Harting Ward CH
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.6 Apr
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided7 Apr

Decided in 25 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Land and Building South of Clarefield Copse Dumpford Lane Nyewood South Harting West Sussex. South Downs has handled 15,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Harting Ward CH.

Application details

Application type
Use of land as recreational campsite
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harting Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2026
Last date for comments
6 April 2026
Target decision date
10 April 2026
Permission expires
7 April 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • National park: South Downs
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site

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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