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Telecommunication Site Verge at Junction of Steepdown Road Halewick Lane Sompting West Sussex

SDNP/26/01187/PNTELPrior Notification Telecoms (28 day)Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 20 April 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Notification Under the Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 (As Amended) To Utilise Permitted Development Rights at Existing Telecommunications Base Station - The upgrade of the existing telecommunications base station to provide improved network coverage, including 5G.

Received
24 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Cokeham Ward
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Apr
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Telecommunication Site Verge at Junction of Steepdown Road Halewick Lane Sompting West Sussex. South Downs has handled 187 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 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 2 applications across Cokeham Ward.

96% of telecoms 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
Prior Notification Telecoms (28 day)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sompting Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2026
Target decision date
21 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

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, 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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