Source: South Downs National Park·Updated daily·Last checked 7 Oct 2026
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2,064 decisions in the 12 months to September 2026 · fewer than 1% went to committee. Days run from validation to decision, the clock councils report against; Plota live figures.
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Plota holds 3,019 current planning applications from South Downs National Park, received since 16 May 2025, 763 of them in the last 90 days. Behind them, the Plota archive holds 47,658 earlier applications from South Downs National Park, 2016 to 2025, searchable by location and keyword. Current records are collected from the council's public register at planningpublicaccess.southdowns.gov.uk and checked every day; the last check was on 7 Oct 2026. Each record carries the council's reference, address, proposal, dates, status and decision, with a map location and Plota's classification by type and procedure added. The council's own record is the authoritative version; every entry here links to it.
Latest application from South Downs: 2 Oct 2026. We check the council's portal daily.