Whiteways Cafe Bury Hill Houghton West Sussex BN18 9FD Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/02307/LIC - Licensing consultation Application Determined

Proposal

Premises Licence - Arun District Council (123302) - Whiteways Cafe Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

5 Jun 2026

Decision

Expected by 26 Jun 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 126.

Documents 1

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION Decision · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 8

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 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. 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.

Habitat network: Restorable Habitat

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

SSSI 191 m away: Fairmile Bottom 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.

Also on the record

Scheduled monument 159 m away: Cross dyke 330m north west of Whiteways Lodge; Radon affected area, class 4; Registered park or garden 196 m away: Arundel Castle; Priority habitat 15 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 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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: Licensing consultation
Postcode: BN18 9FD
Received: 5 Jun 2026
Validated: 5 Jun 2026
Ward: Arundel Ward
Parish: Houghton Parish Meeting
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 26 Jun 2026
Decision level: SDNPA Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 126, past the statutory target. 81% of changes of use in South Downs are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 30 Sept 2026.

target

predicted

Day 12670 days past the 56-day target

59%decided within 8 weeks

83%approved

68decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by South Downs in the last twelve months, from validation. South Downs decision record →