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Land North East Of Rats Castle Linchmere Road Hammer

Awaiting decision South Downs National Park 26/01437/FUL Full Application

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Proposal

Change of use of land/site from tourist accommodation consisting of 5 no. holiday cabins to a residential caravan site for 5 no. static caravans.

As published by the council, reference 26/01437/FUL

Application record

Reference
26/01437/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
1 Jul 2026
Validated
13 Jul 2026
Ward
Fernhurst
Parish
Linchmere
Decision by
Delegated

Site history

Applications at this address on the South Downs National Park register

This site has had 3 applications since 2026.

  • SDNP/26/03090/ADJAUT Decided

    Land North East of Rats Castle Linchmere Road Hammer

    Adjoining Authority Consultation - Chichester District Council (LM/26/01437/FUL) - Change of use of land/site from tourist accommodation consisting of 5 no. holiday cabins to a residential caravan site for 5 no. static caravans.

    Submitted 30 Jul 2026
  • SDNP/26/03011/ADJAUT Awaiting decision

    Land North East of Rats Castle Linchmere Road Hammer

    Adjoining Authoirty Consultation - 26/01437/FUL - Change of use of land/site from tourist holiday accommodation consisting of 5 no. static caravans to residential caravan site for 5 no. static caravans.

    Submitted 27 Jul 2026

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 1 Jul 2026

    Received by South Downs National Park

  2. 13 Jul 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 27 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 7 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    South Downs National Park took a median of 54 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Cases linked to this one on the register

2 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • SDNP/26/03090/ADJAUT Decided

    Land North East of Rats Castle Linchmere Road Hammer

    Adjoining Authority Consultation - Chichester District Council (LM/26/01437/FUL) - Change of use of land/site from tourist accommodation consisting of 5 no. holiday cabins to a residential caravan site for 5 no. static caravans.

    Submitted 30 Jul 2026
  • SDNP/26/03011/ADJAUT Awaiting decision

    Land North East of Rats Castle Linchmere Road Hammer

    Adjoining Authoirty Consultation - 26/01437/FUL - Change of use of land/site from tourist holiday accommodation consisting of 5 no. static caravans to residential caravan site for 5 no. static caravans.

    Submitted 27 Jul 2026

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, a planning consultancy registered in Banbury

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Documents

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174 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with South Downs National Park for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year South Downs National Park decided full applications in a median of 63 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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