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Land Opposite Soal Farm Cottages Ridge Common Lane Steep Petersfield Hampshire

SDNP/26/02513/OHLOtherApproved

Approved on 30 July 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Section 37 of the Electricity Act 1989 - The erection of a Pole for the purposes of distributing electricity.

Received
22 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
  1. Received22 Jun
  2. Validated22 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Jul

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land Opposite Soal Farm Cottages Ridge Common Lane Steep Petersfield Hampshire. South Downs has handled 50 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 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 38 applications across Froxfield, Sheet & Steep Ward.

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
Other
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 June 2026

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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