Abelands Cottage West Merston Chichester West Sussex PO20 1DY
Approved on 2 October 2003
Council decision: PERMITDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Two storey side extension and single garage.
- Received
- 10 July 2003
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Chichester District Council
- ReceivedReceived10 Jul
- ValidatedValidated10 Jul
- Consult.Consultation4 Aug
- TargetTarget Date3 Sep
- DecidedDecided2 Oct
Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a two storey side extension at Abelands Cottage West Merston Chichester West Sussex PO20 1DY. Chichester has handled 2,785 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than Chichester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,828 applications in total for the PO20 postcode area.
93% of full applications at Chichester District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- PO20 1DY
- Application type
- Domestic Application (Householder)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Oving
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 July 2003
- Consultation expiry
- 4 August 2003
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 July 2003
- Neighbour consultation end
- 4 August 2003
- Last date for comments
- 4 August 2003
- Target decision date
- 3 September 2003
- Decision issued
- 3 October 2003
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 19
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Chichester
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