West Heath Quarry West Heath Common Durford Lane West Harting West Sussex GU31 5PF Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/02978/SCOPEC - County Matters - Scoping Opinion Decided
Commercial & major worksCommercial premises

Proposal

Scoping opinion in relation to the extension of quarrying activities within an area to the east of the Existing Quarry to enable the extraction of up to 1,000,000 tonnes of sand over a period of 8 to 10 years and continued use of the associated access road, buildings, plant, machinery, stocking/processing area and settlement lagoon within the Existing Quarry… Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
24 Jul 2026
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Scoping Opinion
27 Aug 2026

Scoping Opinion on 27 Aug 2026 · SDNPA Delegated Decision · Last checked 2 Sept 2026

Documents

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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). 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.
Public footpath 24 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Priority habitat 12 m away: Good quality semi improved grassland.
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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Important details

Council
South Downs
Application type
County Matters - Scoping Opinion
Postcode
GU31 5PF
Received
24 Jul 2026
Validated
24 Jul 2026
Ward
Harting Ward CH
Parish
Harting Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
28 Aug 2026
Decision
Scoping Opinion
Decision date
27 Aug 2026
Decision level
SDNPA Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Public comments

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Last counted 2 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

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