32 Down Park Farm Cottages, Blackrye Durford Lane West Harting West Sussex GU31 5PF Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/03183/HOUS - Householder Approved

Proposal

Extension and conversion of existing cottage to provide 2 bedroom accessible annexe. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

14 Aug 2026

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Validated

28 Aug 2026

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Approved

20 Oct 2026

Approved on 20 Oct 2026 · LA Delegated Decision · Last checked 20 Oct 2026

Documents 9

Consultation & comments 3

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Consultee Comment · 16 Oct 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Consultee Comment · 14 Oct 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Consultee Comment · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗

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 1

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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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 1

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; Priority habitat 27 m away: Deciduous woodland.

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.

Building

Floor area98 m² (1,055 sq ft)

Energy ratingD (56 out of 100), could reach B

PropertySemi-detached house, 6 habitable rooms

Built1900 to 1929

HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil

WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in February 2019, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: South Downs
Application type: Householder
Postcode: GU31 5PF
Received: 14 Aug 2026
Validated: 28 Aug 2026
Ward: Harting Ward CH
Parish: Harting Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 23 Oct 2026
Decision: Approved
Decision date: 20 Oct 2026
Decision level: LA Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Febo Designs

How this decision compares

Decided in 53 days from validation, 4 days faster than South Downs's median of 57 for extensions. Approved, as 92% of extensions here are.

This one53d

Council57d

UK55d

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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 20 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15134657
Planning Portal ref: PP-15134657
Statutory expiry: 23 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

1 nearby application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved

Down Park Farm House Durford Lane West Harting GU31 5PF

To use land for the stationing of a mobile home/annexe incidental to the main dwelling.

SDNP/21/03248/LDP 7 Oct 2021

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.