New Barn Farm Common Road Funtington West Sussex PO18 9DA Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/01647/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Retrospective (Section 73a) application for the retention of 48 no. storage containers. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
27 Apr 2026
Validated
1 Jun 2026
Approved
3 Sept 2026

Approved on 3 Sept 2026 · LA Delegated Decision · Last checked 4 Sept 2026

Site constraints 4

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Water SPA/Ramsar, Solent Maritime SAC, Portsmouth Harbour SPA/Ramsar
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
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 3a
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 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

Application type
Full Application
Postcode
PO18 9DA
Received
27 Apr 2026
Validated
1 Jun 2026
Ward
Lavant Ward CH
Parish
Funtington Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
27 Jul 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
3 Sept 2026
Decision level
LA Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Savills

How this decision compares

Decided in 94 days from validation, 39 days slower than South Downs's median of 55 for changes of use. Approved, as 77% of changes of use here are.

65%decided within 8 weeks
77%approved
71decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

16 neighbours consulted · Last counted 4 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14795223
Env. assessment
No