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The Windmill Inn and 34 Mill Lane Rustington BN16 3JN

R/143/24/PLFullRefused

Refused on 14 February 2025

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing Public House and 1 No. dwelling and redevelopment for retirement living accommodation comprising 28 No. retirement apartments and 3 No. retirement cottages, including communal facilities, access, car parking and landscaping. This application is in CIL Zone 4 (Zero Rated) as other development.

Received
2 August 2024
  1. Received2 Aug
  2. Validated20 Aug
  3. Consult.14 Jan
  4. Target21 Feb
  5. Decided14 Feb

Decided in 178 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Windmill Inn and 34 Mill Lane Rustington BN16 3JN. Arun has handled 2,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 196 days, 20 weeks longer than Arun's typical decision time. 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 3JN
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Rustington

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 August 2024
Consultation expiry
14 January 2025
Consultation end
14 January 2025
Target decision date
21 February 2025
Committee meeting
19 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Planning Issues Churchill House Parkside Ringwood BH243SG

Planning decision

Statutory period
185 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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