Two Oaks Hesworth Common Lane Fittleworth West Sussex RH20 1EW Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/01356/LDE - Lawful Development Cert (Existing) Approved

Proposal

Existing outbuilding (stables) and swimming pool used for domestic purposes incidental to the dwellinghouse Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Apr 2026
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Validated
8 Jun 2026
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Approved
20 Oct 2026

Approved on 20 Oct 2026 · LA Delegated Decision · Last checked 21 Oct 2026

Site constraints 7

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.
Public footpath 26 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.
Also on the record
4 listed buildings within 150 m; Open access land 23 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; Priority habitat 46 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £1,650,000 in November 2024. Other property, freehold.

29 November 2024£1,650,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area420 m² (4,521 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (43 out of 100)
PropertyDetached bungalow, 8 habitable rooms
Built1950 to 1966
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsTimber frame, as built, partial insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2024, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Application type
Lawful Development Cert (Existing)
Postcode
RH20 1EW
Received
8 Apr 2026
Validated
8 Jun 2026
Ward
Fittleworth Ward CH
Parish
Fittleworth Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
3 Aug 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
20 Oct 2026
Decision level
LA Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 134 days from validation, 77 days slower than South Downs's median of 57 for extensions. Approved, as 92% of extensions here are.

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

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5 neighbours consulted · Last counted 21 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14549736
Planning Portal ref
PP-14549736
Statutory expiry
3 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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.