Hatch Farm Wheatsheaf Enclosure Milland West Sussex GU30 7EL Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/03456/FUL - Full Application Pending

Proposal

Retrospective and part-retrospective application for works comprising the excavation and removal of hard-surfaced gallops, associated infilling and restoration to soft landscaping; the creation of new agricultural tracks; the widening and resurfacing of existing agricultural tracks; and the temporary retention of earthworks stockpiles and a site compound in connection with these works, including their subsequent removal and the restoration of the land… Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
4 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 4 Dec 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 28 Sept 2026, from South Downs's recent agricultural works.

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 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map 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 Expansion Zone
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 13 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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Important details

Application type
Full Application
Postcode
GU30 7EL
Received
4 Sept 2026
Validated
4 Sept 2026
Ward
Fernhurst Ward CH
Parish
Milland Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
4 Dec 2026
Decision level
SDNPA Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Whaleback LTD

Decision outlook

Day 10 of the 56-day target. South Downs usually decides agricultural works by day 24.

Day 1046 days to the 56-day target
85%decided within 8 weeks
73%approved
45decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 12 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15191989
Statutory expiry
4 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No