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Church Farm Barn Horsemere Green Lane Climping BN17 5QX

CM/38/25/AGOtherRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 19 November 2025

1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Prior notification under Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A for the erection of an agricultural building made up of 2 No. 40ft shipping containers with a temporary roof.

Received
24 October 2025
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Nov
  5. Decided19 Nov

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Church Farm Barn Horsemere Green Lane Climping BN17 5QX. Arun has handled 71 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 weeks quicker than Arun's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 774 applications in total for the BN17 postcode area.

91% of all applications at Arun District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. INFORMATIVE: The conditions set out under Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A, A.2(2)(iii) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 have not been fulfilled. This is an application to determine whether the prior-approval of the Local Planning Authority is required in respect of a proposed development, and cannot be made retrospectively. Neil Crowther Case Officer: Hebe Smith Group Head of Planning Decision Issued: 19th November 2025 West Sussex BN17 5LF IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU READ THE NOTES ATTACHED TO THIS DOCUMENT

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BN17 5QX
Application type
Other
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Climping

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2025
Target decision date
25 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Forster Church Farm Barn Horsemere Green Lane BN17 5QX

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 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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