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Crouchers Farm Birdham Road Appledram Chichester West Sussex PO20 7EA

17/00687/PA3QPrior Approval CoU Agric to Dwelling C3Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 April 2017

Council decision: PRIOR APPROVAL NOT REQUIREDDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of agricultural building to 2 no. dwellings (C3 use class).

Received
21 February 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Donnington
  1. Received21 Feb
  2. Validated21 Feb
  3. Consult.27 Mar
  4. Target17 Apr
  5. Decided18 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Crouchers Farm Birdham Road Appledram Chichester West Sussex PO20 7EA. Chichester has handled 579 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 8 other applications at this address. We hold 2,828 applications in total for the PO20 postcode area.

89% of outline 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 7EA
Application type
Prior Approval CoU Agric to Dwelling C3
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Appledram

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 February 2017
Consultation expiry
27 March 2017
Consultation start
6 March 2017
Consultation end
27 March 2017
Neighbour consultation start
6 March 2017
Neighbour consultation end
27 March 2017
Last date for comments
27 March 2017
Target decision date
17 April 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Manorwood 5 Chilgrove Business Centre Chilgrove Chichester West Sussex PO18 9HU

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
13
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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, 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, 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.

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    28 Mar

    Discharge of conditions 6 and 7 to planning permission AP/20/00196/FUL

    WithdrawnDischarge of conditions24/00778/DOC
  2. 2024
    27 Mar

    Part-retrospective application for an ancillary cafe building and installation of a pitched roof over cafe…

    ApprovedFull Application24/00764/FUL
  3. 2021
    25 Oct

    Demolition of existing agricultural building replaced with 2 no. semi-detached dwellings with associated…

    ApprovedFull Application21/03122/FUL
  4. 2019
    16 Dec

    Notification for Prior Approval for a proposed change of use from agricultural buildings to 2no. dwellings…

    ApprovedPrior Approval CoU Agric to Dwelling C319/03120/PA3Q
  5. 2016
    12 Oct

    Retrospective change of use of agricultural land and buildings to general industrial (class B2) and…

    WithdrawnFull Application16/03384/FUL
  6. 2015
    16 Mar

    Use of barn as engineering workshop and storage facility, use of yard areas for storage and light industrial…

    RefusedExisting Lawful Development15/00849/ELD

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