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The Mezze Unit 3 The Arcade, High Street Bognor Regis PO20 1LH

BR/110/18/PLFullApproved

Approved on 25 September 2018

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from retail unit (A1 Shops) to mixed use of food & drink (A3 Food & Drink & A5 Hot Food Takeaway) with insertion of internal extraction system & external flue vent to rear elevation & 4 No. tables & 8 No. chairs to front elevation.

Received
16 April 2018
  1. Received16 Apr
  2. Validated18 May
  3. Consult.3 Jul
  4. Target27 Sep
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 130 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Mezze Unit 3 The Arcade, High Street Bognor Regis PO20 1LH. Arun has handled 2,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 162 days, 15 weeks longer than Arun's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,827 applications in total for the PO20 postcode area.

89% of full applications at Arun District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PO20 1LH
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bognor Regis

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 May 2018
Consultation expiry
3 July 2018
Consultation end
3 July 2018
Target decision date
27 September 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
NARTS Planning Department 53 Stoke Newington High Street London N16 8EL

Planning decision

Statutory period
132 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Arun

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