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Enforcement continues to provide vital service for South Downs National Park

July 27th, 2020

Planning enforcement is a key service provided by the National Park Authority and teams have been busy throughout the lockdown period ensuring that approved plans and conditions are followed. Site visits resumed in May with social distancing in place after a short, temporary pause. Heather Lealan, Development Management Lead who oversees the enforcement function of […]

Spotlight on heritage

July 27th, 2020

Conservation Officer Michael Scammell takes an in-depth look at one fascinating feature of the National Park’s built heritage. It is well known that the National Trust is one of the largest landowners in Britain, but less widely appreciated that around one fifth of that land, over 50,000 hectares, was given over the years as a […]

Updates on planning policy at South Downs National Park

July 27th, 2020

The South Downs National Park’s first Local Plan was adopted last year and since then the National Park Authority has been working on a number of Supplementary Documents (SPD) and Technical Advice Notes (TAN).  These documents will provide further guidance to support the implementation of certain Local Plan policies. Lucy Howard, Planning Policy Manager, gives […]

Changes to planning system in response to COVID-19 pandemic

July 27th, 2020

Mike Hughes, Major Planning Projects and Performance Manager, outlines some of the key changes to the planning system in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The Government has made a number of changes to the English planning system – with more changes planned – in response to the current pandemic. The rationale behind these changes is […]

Update on the Soft Sand Single Issue Review

July 27th, 2020

The Soft Sand Review (SSR) will replace the soft sand policies in the West Sussex Joint Minerals Local Plan which the National Park Authority adopted in 2018. The SSR, being worked on jointly by the SDNPA and West Sussex County Council, proposes three allocations for soft sand. The first, Ham Farm, is outside of the […]