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SDNP/26/02774/CND - Removal or Variation of a Condition Refused

Proposal

Variation of Condition 5 of planning permission to retrospectively regularise the use of lime-coloured natural stone on the rear north elevation, in place of the approved lime render (Amended description) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 13 Sept 2026, 04:39

Application progress

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Received

15 Jul 2026

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Refused

25 Aug 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 25 Aug 2026 · SDNPA Delegated Decision · Last checked 26 Aug 2026

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF CIL - FORM 1 : CIL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Application Form · 14 Jul 2026 View ↗

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Associated applications 2

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Conditions 5 variation sought
- VariationVariation of Condition 5 to retrospectively regularise the use of lime-coloured natural stone…RefusedThis application15 Jul 2026SDNP/26/02774/CND

Site constraints 3

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 4

Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, 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 2

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

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 11 September 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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