We are responsible for planning within the National Park and receive thousands of planning applications every year. To deal with these more efficiently some applications are dealt with on our behalf through unique partnerships with Local Authorities operating within the National Park boundaries. Presently, we have partnership arrangements for delivering…
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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 to be sound subject to a number of modifications. The Local Plan has been informed…
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The Authority maintains a brownfield land register. This lists brownfield sites in the National Park that may be suitable for residential (housing) development. It should be noted that the presence of a site on the register does not imply that planning permission would be granted for residential development. The brownfield…
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Standing Orders Procedures at Authority and Committee meetings are regulated by the Standing Orders (July 2025). The Standing Orders contain the following appendices: Provisions regulating Membership if the Authority Rules on Elections Provisions Relating to Public Participation at Meetings Committee Terms of Reference Rules of Debate The Chief Executive…
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The Grade II listed Memorial Hall building can accommodate up to 170 guests, with the rooms available to be used in conjunction with each other or booked individually. The Memorial Hall The Memorial Hall is the largest of the meeting rooms and can be used…
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The Privacy Notice for the Public Examination Hearings of the Joint SDNPA and West Sussex County Council Soft Sand Review is available here (pdf 353kb). This statement was last updated in January 2025. Use and storage of your personal information When you supply any personal information to us…
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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 describes their plans for the future. A Whole Estate Plan should include…
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