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Land South of Groves Farm Bersted PO20 2DX

BE/81/10/OutlinePermitted
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Seasonal polytunnels for soft fruit production (this application is the subject of an Environmental Impact Assessment)

Received
26 July 2010
Decided
29 September 2011
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received26 Jul
  2. Validated5 Jul
  3. Consult.11 Aug
  4. Target25 Oct
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Arun93% of outline applications approved

This is an outline application at Land South of Groves Farm Bersted PO20 2DX. Arun has handled 484 applications of this type and approves 92% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 430 days, 53 weeks longer than Arun's median. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,787 applications in total for the PO20 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
BE/81/10/
Address
Land South of Groves Farm Bersted PO20 2DX
Postcode
PO20 2DX
Local Authority
Arun
Application Type
Outline
Scale / Size
Large
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
ApproveConditionally
Parish
Bersted

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address
Merston Farm Limited c/o Douglas Briggs Partnership Flint Barns Ham Farm Bosham PO18 8EH
Agent Address
Douglas Briggs Partnership Flint Barns Ham Farm Bosham West Sussex PO18 8EH

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
26 July 2010
Consultation Expiry
11 August 2011
Target Decision Date
25 October 2011
Date Decided
29 September 2011
Date Validated
5 July 2011
Date Submitted
26 July 2010
Consultation End
11 August 2011

Planning Decision

Statutory Period
112 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
50.819050, -0.718871
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Arun

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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