Planning and development

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Find details of upcoming public inquiries relating to planning applications

If your planning application is within the South Downs National Park, you will need to apply for planning permission to the South Downs National Park Authority.

Local Plan examination
View and comment on planning applications
Apply for planning permission
Public Inquiries
Planning Advisory Service Review

Planning applications

View and comment on planning applications
Apply for planning permission
Guidance for preparing a planning application
Pre-application planning advice
Discharging a planning condition
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Water Neutrality and Biodiversity

Water neutrality
Water neutrality: Position statement and response
Water neutrality and planning applications
Water neutrality and Planning Policy
Regulation 77: Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations
Biodiversity Net Gain

Planning Policy

Neighbourhood planning
Local Plan
Planning Policy evidence base
Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA)
Conservation areas
More in Planning Policy

Local Plan

What is a Local Plan?
Local Plan examination
Read the current Local Plan
Draft Local Plan: Your questions answered
Local Plan review timetable
Read a summary of the Draft Local Plan

Planning enforcement

Planning enforcement
Search for a planning enforcement case
Report an alleged planning breach

Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)

What is CIL?
CIL charges and how to pay
Apply for relief or exemption from CIL
Appealing against a CIL charge
What is CIL spent on?
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Enforcement Policy

Design, conservation and environment

Conservation areas
Listed buildings
Great Crested Newt District Licensing Scheme
Environmental Impact Assessment Public Register
Protected trees
Hedges and high hedge disputes

Land charges

Local land charges

Street naming

Street and house naming
Naming new properties: guidance for developers

Useful links

Request copies of planning documents
Planning Portal
National Planning Policy Framework
Local Plan Mapping Tool
High Weald National Landscape

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