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St Marys Church Church Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7RH

09/05113/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 28 January 2010

Council decision: PERMITDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from agricultural land to graveyard to allow extension to existing churchyard area

Received
4 December 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sidlesham
  1. Received4 Dec
  2. Validated4 Dec
  3. Consult.18 Jan
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided28 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at St Marys Church Church Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7RH. Chichester has handled 341 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 19 other applications at this address. We hold 2,827 applications in total for the PO20 postcode area.

74% of amendment 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 7RH
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sidlesham

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 December 2009
Consultation expiry
28 January 2010
Consultation start
21 December 2009
Consultation end
18 January 2010
Neighbour consultation start
21 December 2009
Neighbour consultation end
11 January 2010
Last date for comments
28 January 2010
Target decision date
28 January 2010

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
31 December 2009
Advertisement expiry
21 January 2010
Site notice start
7 January 2010
Site notice end
28 January 2010

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
16
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Sidlesham ChurchNext to the site
  • 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 (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.

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Planning history at this site

19 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    23 Oct

    Notification of intention to fell 1 no. Common Ash tree (T2), crown raise by up to 2.2m on 3 no. Yew trees…

    RefusedTree in Conservation Area19/02681/TCA
  2. 2016
    19 Oct

    Notification of intention to crown raise by up to 3.5m (above ground level) on 2 no. Ash trees (marked on the…

    RefusedTree in Conservation Area16/03444/TCA
  3. 2016
    16 Aug

    Discharge of conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15 and 16 of SI/14/03887/FUL

    Discharge of Planning ConditionsDischarge of conditions16/02810/DOC
  4. 2016
    23 Feb

    Notification of intention to remove 3 no. lowest limbs at 4m on 1 no. Ash tree (Tree 1). To reduce by 4m low…

    RefusedTree in Conservation Area16/00684/TCA
  5. 2015
    14 Aug

    Additional gutters and downpipes.

    ApprovedFull Application15/02605/FUL
  6. 2014
    11 Nov

    Single storey church annexe to existing church providing meeting space, servery, office, disabled WC and WC…

    ApprovedFull Application14/03887/FUL

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