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St Catherines Roman Catholic Primary School Highdown Drive Littlehampton BN17 6HL

LU/8/26/PLFullAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Replacing part of the school field with a Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) - 92sqm of Duralawn surfacing with football pitch marking, 3m high fencing and gate, removal of existing wooden climbing frame and installation of 69sqm of Duralawn surfacing and 3 new wooden activity frames, tarmac resurfacing of 145sqm school playground with new line markings. This application is in CIL Zone 4 (Zero Rated) as other development.

Received
19 January 2026
Decision due
21 May 2026
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated26 Mar
  3. Consult.30 Apr
  4. Target21 May
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application at St Catherines Roman Catholic Primary School Highdown Drive Littlehampton BN17 6HL. Arun has handled 2,006 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. 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 6HL
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Littlehampton

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 March 2026
Consultation expiry
30 April 2026
Consultation end
30 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
St Catherine's Catholic Primary Highdown Drive Littlehampton BN17 6HL

Planning decision

Case officer
Miss K Welch
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 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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