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The Bothy A286 Vicarage Lane To The Grinch West Dean West Sussex PO18 0RD

SDNP/26/02795/FULAwaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Continued temporary change of use from a staff dwelling house to office use ancillary to the college.

Received
16 July 2026
Council
South Downs
  1. Received16 Jul
  2. Validated23 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at The Bothy A286 Vicarage Lane To The Grinch West Dean West Sussex PO18 0RD. South Downs has handled 15,943 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the West Dean conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,433 applications in total for the PO18 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
PO18 0RD

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 July 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West Dean
  • Registered park and garden: West DeanPart of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (18)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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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