Brook House Cooks Lane Walderton West Sussex PO18 9EF Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/01659/HOUS - Householder Approved

Proposal

Replacement rear extension, addition of a first floor dormer and alterations to the internal layout. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Apr 2026
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Validated
1 Jun 2026
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Approved
27 Jul 2026

Approved on 27 Jul 2026 · LA Delegated Decision · Last checked 28 Jul 2026

Site constraints 8

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Water SPA/Ramsar, Solent Maritime SAC, Portsmouth Harbour SPA/Ramsar
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
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.
Walderton conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
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. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
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: 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
Radon affected area, class 2; 3 listed buildings within 150 m; Flood defence 33 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood).
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument 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
Householder
Postcode
PO18 9EF
Received
28 Apr 2026
Validated
1 Jun 2026
Ward
Westbourne Ward CH
Parish
Stoughton Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
27 Jul 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
27 Jul 2026
Decision level
LA Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Open Design Studio Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 57 days. Approved, as 92% of extensions here are.

50%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
696decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14885833
Planning Portal ref
PP-14885833
Statutory expiry
27 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No

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