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78 A High Street Littlehampton BN17 5DX

LU/247/25/PDOutlineRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 28 January 2026

1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA for the change of use from a business (Class E) to 1 No flat (C3).

Received
1 December 2025
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.11 Jan
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided28 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 78 A High Street Littlehampton BN17 5DX. Arun has handled 484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 774 applications in total for the BN17 postcode area.

93% of outline 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. The proposal fails to demonstrate that the property and its occupiers would not be at unacceptable risk of flooding, as a result of the site being in Flood Zone 3a. This is contrary to the requirements of both W DM2 of the Arun Local Plan and the NPPF. As such, the proposals fail to comply with Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA, paragraph MA.2 2(c) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended). It is recommended that Prior Approval is withheld and the application refused on this basis. Neil Crowther Case Officer: Amber Willard Group Head of Planning Decision Issued: 28th January 2026 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 5DX
Application type
Outline
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Littlehampton

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2025
Consultation expiry
11 January 2026
Consultation end
11 January 2026
Target decision date
28 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Azizi 78A High Street Littlehampton BN17 5DX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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