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49 River Road Littlehampton BN17 5BZ

LU/77/25/PLFullApproved

Approved on 17 June 2025

Council decision: 24-06-25

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

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor of existing building from light industrial (Class B2/E) to residential (Class C3), to be used as ancillary accommodation including workshop, games room and utility space, with all habitable accommodation located and expanded on the first floor. This application affects the character and appearance of the Littlehampton River Road Conservation Area and is in CIL Zone 4 (Zero Rated) as other development.

Received
25 April 2025
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.4 Jun
  4. Target24 Jun
  5. Decided17 Jun

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 49 River Road Littlehampton BN17 5BZ. Arun has handled 2,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Arun's typical decision time. The site is in the Littlehampton (River Road) conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 774 applications in total for the BN17 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
BN17 5BZ
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Littlehampton

Planning application dates

Date validated
Invalid Date
Consultation expiry
4 June 2025
Consultation end
4 June 2025
Target decision date
24 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Peter Sonntag 30 Bridger Close Felpham PO22 8FT

Planning decision

Case officer
Amber Willard
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.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Littlehampton (River Road)

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, 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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