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SDNP/26/01578/24BC - Use of land as recreational campsite Refused

Proposal

Notification of commencement of temporary recreational campsite for up to 50 pitches for less than 60 non-consecutive days between the 1st May - 19th of October 2026 (outside Flood Zones 2 or 3). Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 13 Sept 2026, 04:39

Application progress

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Received

20 Apr 2026

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Validated

16 Jun 2026

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Refused

14 Jul 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 14 Jul 2026 · LA Delegated Decision · Last checked 19 Jul 2026

Documents 4

Site constraints 5

South Downs National Park

The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. A site survey can differ.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

SSSI 15 m away: Rake Hanger SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Priority habitat 13 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: South Downs
Application type: Use of land as recreational campsite
Postcode: GU31 5DL
Received: 20 Apr 2026
Validated: 16 Jun 2026
Ward: Harting Ward CH
Parish: Rogate Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 14 Jul 2026
Decision: Objection
Decision date: 14 Jul 2026
Decision level: LA Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 28 days faster than South Downs's median of 56 for commercial and major works. Refused, as 19% of commercial and major works here are.

This one28d

Council56d

UK56d

51%decided within 8 weeks

81%approved

76decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by South Downs in the last twelve months, from validation. South Downs decision record →