Planning Policy

The South Downs Local Plan covers the entire National Park. It follows extensive public consultation with local communities and detailed scrutiny and examination by the Government’s Planning Inspectorate, which found the policies...

Local Landscape Character Assessments (LLCAs) can be used by communities to assess the condition of their local landscape and attribute value to certain aspects, such as important views or green spaces....

This year’s Authority Monitoring Report 2019 (AMR) was published in December 2019. The AMR 2019 reports on a number of planning documents such as the South Downs Local Plan, the...

Whole Estate Plans are a document prepared by individual landowning organisations. They set out the assets of the organisation and the opportunities and threats which the organisation may encounter, and...

Communities change all the time and most people have strong opinions on whether this change is for better or worse. Neighbourhood Plans give local communities the power to shape development...

The rich geology of the South Downs underpins so much of what makes the National Park special: its diverse landscapes, land use, buildings and culture. Mineral working is an historic...

Are you interested in self-build or custom build housing? We are setting up a register of people who are interested in self build or custom build projects in this area....

The South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA) produce a range of documents which add further detail to the policies in the Local Plan. They can be used to provide further...