Northchapel Waste Water Treatment Works London Road Northchapel West Sussex GU28 9EG Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/03737/SCREEN - Screening Opinion Application in Progress

Proposal

Screening opinion under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (EIA Regulations) regarding proposals to upgrade Northchapel Wastewater Treatment Works (WTW) to ensure flow compliance. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
24 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 15 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 11 Nov 2026 and 22 Nov 2026, from South Downs's recent utility and infrastructure works.

Site constraints 7

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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.
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
1 listed building within 150 m; Inside the Northchapel built-up area; Priority habitat 17 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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

Application type
Screening Opinion
Postcode
GU28 9EG
Received
24 Sept 2026
Validated
24 Sept 2026
Ward
Loxwood Ward CH
Parish
Northchapel Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 Oct 2026
Decision level
LA Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 15 of the 56-day target. South Downs usually decides utility and infrastructure works by day 54.

Day 1541 days to the 56-day target
59%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
116decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
15 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No