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Woodhouse Farm Eastfield Lane To Woodhouse Farm East Harting West Sussex GU31 5ND

SDNP/26/01256/APNBAgricultural Prior Notification BuildingRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 23 April 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erect 1 no. steel portal-framed building and one side left open for access with solar panels installed on the south-facing pitch

Received
31 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Harting Ward CH
Agent
New Park Consultancy Ltd
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Apr
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Woodhouse Farm Eastfield Lane To Woodhouse Farm East Harting West Sussex GU31 5ND. South Downs has handled 1,978 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 5 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 49 applications across Harting Ward CH. We hold 315 applications in total for the GU31 postcode area.

87% of outline 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
GU31 5ND
Application type
Agricultural Prior Notification Building
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harting Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2026
Target decision date
27 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
New Park Consultancy Ltd
Agent address
Little New Park Lyndhurst Road Brockenhurst SO42 7QH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14760599
Documents
7

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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