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

SDNP/26/01319/NMA - Non Material Amendment Approved

Proposal

Non Material Amendment to - to revise the internal layout and elevational details of the proposal. This would change part of the description of development from erection of detached pizza shed to erection of detached food kiosk. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Apr 2026
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Approved
8 May 2026

Approved on 8 May 2026 · SDNPA Delegated Decision · Last checked 28 Jul 2026

Associated applications 3

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

Application type
Non Material Amendment
Postcode
BN18 9FD
Received
7 Apr 2026
Validated
7 Apr 2026
Ward
Arundel Ward
Parish
Houghton Parish Meeting
Case officer
Show
Target decision
5 May 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
8 May 2026
Decision level
SDNPA Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Scott Planning

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14790647
Planning Portal ref
PP-14790647
Statutory expiry
5 May 2026
Env. assessment
No