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The Conservative Hall 41 Sea Road East Preston BN16 1JN

EP/50/25/PLFullApproved

Approved on 6 August 2025

5 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use of the existing Conservative Hall building (Use Class F2) to a funeral chapel with associated function room (Sui Generis), removal of front parapet, signage and infill roof, removal of external stores to north side, provision of a new ramp to front entrance, to include local community uses. This application may affect the setting of a listed building and is in CIL Zone 4 (Zero Rated) as other development.

Received
27 May 2025
  1. Received27 May
  2. Validated27 May
  3. Consult.3 Jul
  4. Target8 Aug
  5. Decided6 Aug

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Conservative Hall 41 Sea Road East Preston BN16 1JN. Arun has handled 2,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Arun's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,296 applications in total for the BN16 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
BN16 1JN
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
East Preston

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 May 2025
Consultation expiry
3 July 2025
Consultation end
3 July 2025
Target decision date
8 August 2025
Committee meeting
6 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Rodway Planning Consultancy Limited 293 Upper Shoreham Road Shoreham by Sea BN43 5QA

Planning decision

Statutory period
73 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    15 Oct

    Approval of details reserved by condition imposed under EP/50/25/PL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsEP/96/25/DOC
  2. 2025
    27 May

    Change of use of the existing Conservative Hall building (Use Class F2) to a funeral chapel with associated…

    This applicationApprovedFullEP/50/25/PL

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