Outbuilding 97 Sompting Road Lancing West Sussex
Approved on 20 March 2024
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from a workshop into a one bedroom residential unit. Alterations to windows on front elevation.
- Received
- 9 January 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Adur District Council
- Ward
- Churchill
- Agent
- Lewis McMillan Architects Ltd.
- ReceivedReceived9 Jan
- ValidatedValidated15 Jan
- Consult.Consultation6 Feb
- TargetTarget Date11 Mar
- DecidedDecided20 Mar
Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Outbuilding 97 Sompting Road Lancing West Sussex. Adur and Worthing has handled 1,247 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Adur and Worthing's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Churchill.
93% of full applications at Adur District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lancing Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 January 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 7 February 2024
- Consultation start
- 16 January 2024
- Consultation end
- 6 February 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 17 January 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 February 2024
- Last date for comments
- 7 February 2024
- Target decision date
- 11 March 2024
- Permission expires
- 20 March 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Lewis McMillan Architects Ltd.
- Architect profile
- LEWIS MCMILLAN ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 108 Barnett Road Brighton BN1 7GH United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12714015
- Documents
- 15
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Source: Adur and Worthing
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