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Cabin without planning permission must be removed from South Downs National Park

August 21st, 2025

Enforcement action was taken after a large wooden log cabin was built without planning permission in the National Park. The cabin, with fully-insulated walls, roof and floor, was built on a beautiful viewpoint on land west of Lovedean Lane. East Hampshire District Council’s Planning Enforcement Team, working on behalf of the South Downs National Park […]

Securing benefits for South Downs National Park from Rampion 2 scheme

August 21st, 2025

Principal Planning Officer Vicki Colwell writes about concerted efforts by the National Park and partners to secure significant mitigations from the Rampion 2 development – and all the hard work and negotiations reaped rewards. It has been almost five years since the SDNPA first got involved in the proposals for the extension to the existing […]

Best practice for highway planning in South Downs National Park

August 21st, 2025

Detailed guidance has been produced to help with future highway planning in the National Park. As the most populated National Park in the UK, many towns and villages lie along the route of busy rural country roads. For the majority of visitors and residents, it is the highway network that frames our experience of the […]

Call for Sites is under way to meet Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople accommodation needs

August 21st, 2025

Local planning authorities are joining forces for a coordinated call for sites to help identify suitable locations for permanent Gypsy and Traveller pitches and Travelling Showpeople plots across their administrative areas. The authorities – Hastings Borough Council, Rother District Council, Eastbourne Borough Council, Lewes District Council, Wealden District Council and the South Downs National Park […]