An appeal against enforcement action by the Authority over two mobile homes was dismissed by a Government Planning Inspector. The National Park’s enforcement team was made aware in the summer of 2022 that an agricultural field to the southeast of Clappers Lane, Fulking, had been partly covered in hardstanding and two mobile homes placed on […]

  Plans for a hotel complex close to the A3 have been refused because of harm to the landscape. An outline application went before the National Park’s Planning Committee for a hotel, cycle centre and cafe on a 2.5 hectare greenfield site near Buriton, Hampshire. Petersfield Town Council objected to the plan, arguing that the […]

Planning agents, developers, builders, landowners and community groups are being urged to get their nominations in as the clock counts down to the deadline for the South Downs Design Awards. After a five-year break, the prestigious South Downs Designs Awards are back for 2024 with an extended line-up of categories. The awards celebrate high standards […]